Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii ( Pocock, 1889 )

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Nayebzadeh ², Hassan H., Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Kayedi, Mohammad Hassan, 2010, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VI. Lorestan Province, Euscorpius 99 (99), pp. 1-23 : 13-14

Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii ( Pocock, 1889)

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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.

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.

Mesobuthus eupeus : Akbari, 2007: 76.

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

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

LORESTAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Lorestan Province , Noorabad, Nosratabad Village, 34°12'13"N 47°45'30"E, 1750 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1352) , October 2009, 4♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahreei, A. Pahlavani & R. Amraee; Noorabad , Zaliabad Village, 34°00'35"N 48°01'39"E, 1890 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1360), X,2009 , 9♂ 3♀ ( RRLS), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee; Borujerd , Wenoei Village, 33°54'21"N 48°35'32"E, 2006 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1366) , October 2009, 4♂ 3♀ ( RRLS), leg. M. H. Kayedi, H. Nayebzadeh & D. Bahreei; Aleshtar , Shineh Village, 33°47'37"N 47°55'47"E, 1355 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1367) , October 2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee; Borujerd , Ghalaeh Kamurkhan Village, 33°53'34"N 48°59'35"E, 2220 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1368) , October 2009, 1♂ 3♀ ( RRLS), leg. Bahreei, A. Pahlavani & R. Amraee; Azna , Charkheshan Village, 33°40'21"N 48°23'30"E, 2220 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1369) , October 2009, 6♂ 2♀ 1juv. ( RRLS), leg. Bahreei, A. Pahlavani & R. Amraee; Dorud , Papiun Village, 33°43'15"N 49°10'21"E, 1653 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1370) , October 2009, 1 ♀ ( RRLS) , 1 ♀ ( FKCP), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee; Koramabad , Razan, 33°33'07"N 48°50'19"E, 1993 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1378) , October 2009, 1 ♀ ( RRLS), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei & M. Bahreei; Borujerd , Cheshmeh sardeh Village, 33°00'24"N 48°31'54"E, 2035 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1383) , October 2009, 3♀ ( RRLS), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee; Azna , 33°29'13"N 49°28'10"E, 1932 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1386) , October 2009, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. A. Pahlavani, A. Bahreei & M. Bahreei; Aligudarz , Khyemeh Sofla Village, 33°29'44"N 49°43'33"E, 1956 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1390) , October 2009, 2♂ ( FKCP), leg. A. Bahreei, M. Bahreei & R. Amraee; Poldokhtar , Asar road, 33°01'22"N 47°54'15"E, 1427 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1391) , October 2009, 3♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahreei, A. Pahlavani & R. Amraee; Doreh , 33°34'17"N 48°01'00"E, 1333 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1392) , October 2009, 1juv. ( FKCP), leg. M. H. Kayedi, H. Nayebzadeh, D. Bahreei & R. Amraee; Aleshtar , Darehtang Village, 33°56'33"N 49°18'59"E, 1813 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1398) , October 2009, 9♂ 7♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ 1 ♀ ( FKCP), leg. Bahreei & A. Pahlavani; Koramabad , Kamalvand Village, 33°29'13"N 48°25'22"E, 1460 m a.s.l. (Locality No. LO-1401) , October 2009, 1♂ 1 ♀ ( FKCP), leg. H. Nayebzadeh, A. Bahreei & M. Bahreei

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr Province ( Pocock, 1889: 341), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari Province (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 6), Ilam Province (Akbari, 2007: 76), Khoozestan Province ( Navidpour et al., 2008a: 9), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Kovařík, 1997), and Lorestan (first report); Iraq (Vachon, 1966: 213; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 175).

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Figure 19: Map of Lorestan Province showing distribution of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004, and Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) collected in this study.