Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2012, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VIII. Fars Province, Euscorpius 139, pp. 1-29 : 12-14

Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889)

( Figs. 2, 10, 21 and 23)

Buthus phillipsii Pocock, 1889: 341 , pl. XV, fig. 6; Weidner, 1959: 99.

Buthus phillipsi: Kraepelin, 1899: 24 ; Birula, 1905a: 131; Borelli, 1915: 460; Werner, 1916: 80; Lampe, 1918: 191.

Mesobuthus phillipsi: Vachon, 1950: 153 (1952: 325) ; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 25; Mirshamsi et al., 2011: 15.

Buthus (Buthus) eupeus phillipsi: Birula, 1917: 228 .

Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsi: Vachon, 1959: 148 ; Vachon, 1966: 213; Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay, 1986: 334; Fet, 1994: 527; Kovařík, 1997a: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 114; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 175.

Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii: Farzanpay, 1987: 150 ; Farzanpay, 1988: 38; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 11, figs. 22, 81–84; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 13, figs. 2– 3, 5, 21–22, 49–52; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 11, figs. 4, 7–9, 37–40; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 5, figs. 2–3, 5–9, 35–38; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 6, figs. 5, 10, 32–35; Navidpour et al., 2010: 13, fig. 19; Kovařík et al., 2011: 5, figs. 12–15, 17–18, 21– 22, 24–26.

Mesobuthus eupeus: Akbari, 2007: 76 .

Buthus hottentotta: Kraepelin, 1891: 185 (part?).

= Buthus eupaeus mesopotamicus Penther, 1912: 111

(syn. by Kovařík et al., 2011: 5).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Bushir (now Bushehr) Province ; BMNH .

FARS PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Fars Province , Zagros Mts., Abshar env., 30º23'N 51º30'E, ca 1000 m a.s.l. , 2.-3.V.1996, 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. J. Pitulová; Kazeroon-Borazjan, Konar Takhteh, 29°31'58"N 51°25'22"E, 568 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-840) , IX.2008, 16♂ 13♀ 4 juvs. ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Kazeroon-Borazjan road, 29°33'36"N 51°23'58"E, 724 m a.s.l. (Locality. No. Fa- 841) , IX.2008, 12♂ 6♀ 7 juvs. ( RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh; Kazeroon-Borazjan road, 29°33'32"N 51°30'14"E, 963 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa- 842) , X.2008, 3♂ 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Kazeroon, 29°42'03"N 51°41'24"E, 772 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-843) , IX.2008, 3♂ 6♀ 3juvs. ( RRLS) , 1♀ im. ( FKCP), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Kazeroon-Farshband road, 29°10'32"N 52°00'57"E, 871 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-846) , IX.2008, 6♂ 3♀ 2juvs. ( RRLS) , 2♀ 1im, ( FKCP), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Farashband road, 29°29'10"N 51°49'54"E, 832 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-847) , IX.2008, 25♂ 31♀10♀ ims.11juvs. ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Parishan, 29°20'10"N 51°49'54"E, 867 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-848) , IX.2008, 5♂ 4♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Bastak-Lar road, 27°30'40"N 54°13'55"E, 779 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-884) , X.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♀ im. ( FKCP), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour; Bastak-Lar, 27°31'23"N 54°27'10"E, 772 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-885) , X.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh & Masihipour; Lar, 27°40'06"N 54°19'36"E, 917 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-886) , X.2008, 6♂ 1♀ ( RRLS) , 2♀ 1im. ( FKCP), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh & Masihipour; Mehr-Galedar, Chahoo Village , 27°34'27"N 52°50'36"E, 434 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-887) , IX.2008, 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Mehr- Galedar, Fal Village , 27°35'53"N 52°42'11"E, 475 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-888) , IX.2008, 6♂ 1♀ 2juvs. ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Galedar-Jam (Noorabad), 27°42'15"N 52°36' 29"E, 490 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-889) , X.2008, 2♀ 1juv. ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr (Pocock, 1889: 341), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al.,

2009: 6), Esfahan (Kovařík et al., 2011: 6), Fars (Kovařík et al., 2011: 6), Ilam ( Akbari, 2007: 76), Khoozestan (Navidpour et al., 2008a: 9), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Kovařík, 1997), and Lorestan (Navidpour et al., 2010: 13) Provinces; Iraq (Vachon, 1966: 213; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 175); Turkey, Adıyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Mardin, Şanlıurfa, and Şirnak Provinces (Kovařík et al., 2011: 8- 10) .