Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900)

Pirali-Kheirabadi, Khodadad, Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2009, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part V. Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province, Euscorpius 78 (78), pp. 1-23 : 10-11

Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900)

Figures 11 , 44–48

Heterometrus townsendi Pocock, 1900: 364 .

? Scorpio townsendi : Birula, 1905a: 147 ( Birula, 1910: 184).

Scorpio maurus townsendi : Birula, 1910: 184; Birula, 1917: 231; Vachon, 1950: 164 (1952: 336); Vachon, 1966: 215; Habibi, 1971: 44; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 40; Kovařík, 1997a: 50; Kovařík, 1998: 141; Fet, 2000: 479; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 26; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 14; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 12.

Scorpio maurus : Farzanpay, 1987: 165; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Akbari, 2007: 76.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Bushehr Province, Fort Reshire near Bushire, Persian Gulf , Iran ; BMNH.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Bushehr Province, Fort Reshire near Bushire, Persia , 1♀ (holotype) leg. F. W. Townsend, BMNH No. 1900.5.9.1 .

CHAHAR MAHAL & BAKHTIYARI PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Ardal , Dareh Yas Village, 31°46'47"N 50°46'18"E (Locality No. SH-10-1), V.2008, 1♂ 3juvs., RRLS , 1♀, FKCP, leg. Pirali.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr Province (Pocock, 1900: 364), Ilam Province ( Akbari, 2007: 76), Khoozestan Province (Navidpour et al., 2008a: 26), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province (Navidpour et al., 2008d: 12), and Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari Province (first report).

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Figure 11: Map of Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province showing distribution of Razianus zarudnyi, Scorpio maurus townsendi, and Hemiscorpius lepturus collected in this study.