Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IV. Kohgilouyeh & amp; Boyer Ahmad Province, Euscorpius 2008 (74), pp. 1-24 : 14

Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861

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Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861a: 426 ; Karsch, 1879: 15, 21; Birula, 1905 a: 146; Birula, 1917: 215; Birula, 1918: 42; Weidner, 1959: 100; Pringle, 1960: 84; Khalaf, 1962: 2; Khalaf, 1963: 68; Vachon, 1966: 214; Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 217; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 36; Vachon, 1977: 213; Vachon, 1979: 59; Farzanpay, 1987: 141, 168; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Simard & Watt, 1990: 441; Sissom, 1990: 75; El-Hennawy, 1992: 135; Kovařík, 1997a: 48; Kovařík, 1998: 136; Fet, 2000: 429; Prendini, 2000: 44; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 26; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 15.

Hemiscorpion lepturus : Peters, 1861b: 511; Ausserer, 1880: 466; Kraepelin, 1899: 142; Werner, 1934: 276; Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317; Kovařík, 2002: 14.

Hemiscorpio lepturus : Simon, 1880b: 29.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iraq, “Mendeli bei Baghdad ” ( Mendeli near Baghdad) ; ZMHB.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq, Mendeli bei Baghdad, 2♂ 2♀ (syntypes), leg. Petermann, ZMHB 43 a–d.

KOHGILOUYEH & BOYER AHMAD PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province , Zagros Mts. , Kuh-e-Dinar ridge, 10 km NE of Yasuj, by road (Baba Hasan Village env.), 1800-2500 m a.s.l., 1.-2.V.1996, 1♀ 1juv. FKCP, leg. J. Pitulová ; Yasuj , Deelaroo Village, 30º33'44"N 50º44'44"E, 820 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-2), ΙII.2008, 1♂ 3♀ FKCP, leg. Navidpour, Ghafarnia & Bahrani ; Dena , Yasuj to Sisakht road, 30º48'15"N 51º28'54"E, 2000 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-3), ΙII.2008, 2♀ 1juv. RRLS , 1♀ FKCP, leg. Ghafarnia, Habibzadeh & Bahrani ; Yasuj to Mourgah road, Jahanno Village, 30°29'20"N 51°31'38"E, 2153 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-4), IIΙ.2008, 2♂ 5♀ RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Ghafarnia & Bahrani ; Basht to Dehdasht road, Shah Baharan Village, 30º36'51"N 50º50'46"E, 886 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-7) X.2007, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Gafarnia, Hayder & Habibzadeh ; Cheram , 30º44'23"N 50º44' 35"E, 747 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-8), IIΙ.2008, 1♂ 1♀ im. RRLS, leg. Ghafarnia, Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Dehdasht to Behbahan road, Filegah Village, 30º31' 21"N 50º24'51"E, 770 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-9), ΠΙ. 2008, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Ghafarnia, Hayader & Bahrani.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran: known from provinces Fars, Hormozgan, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad, and Lorestan ( Kovařík, 1997a: 48), Bushehr, Ilam, and Khoozestan ( Farzanpay, 1987: 141, Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76); Iraq (Peters, 1861a: 426).

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Figure 14: Map of Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province showing distribution of Scorpio maurus townsendi and Hemiscorpius lepturus collected in this study.

Figures 2–3: Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Prov. 2. Behbahan to Gachsaran (Dogonbadan) road, 30º28'36"N 50º30'05", 498 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-1). Locality where Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenço et Pézier, 2002 and Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900) were documented. 3. Yasuj, Deelaroo Village, 30º33'44"N 50º44'44"E, 820 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-2). Locality where Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997, Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004, Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented.

Figures 6–7: Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Prov. 6. Dena,Yasuj to Sisakht road, 30º48'15"N 51º28'54"E, 2000 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-3). Locality where Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented. 7. Yasuj to Mourgah road, Jahanno Village, 30°29'20"N 51°31'38"E, 2153 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-4). Locality where Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880), Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented.

Figures 8–9: Iran, Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Prov. 8. Basht road, Dehno Village, 30º17'41"N 51º25'08"E, 826 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-5). Locality where Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) was documented. 9. Cheram, 30º44'23"N 50º44'35"E, 747 m a.s.l. (Locality No.Y-8). Locality where Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905), Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903), and Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 were documented.