Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900)

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František & Soleglad, Michael E., 2012, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VIII. Fars Province, Euscorpius 139, pp. 1-29 : 22

Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900)

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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, figs. 2, 43, 103–106; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20, figs. 20–21, 24, 73–77; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 14, figs. 11, 12, 62–66; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 12, figs. 2, 14, 51– 55; Kovařík, 2009: 62–63, figs. 436-440 and p. 63; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 10, figs. 11, 44–48; Navidpour et al., 2010: 17; Karataş et al., 2012: 117.

Scorpio maurus: Farzanpay, 1987: 165 ; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Akbari, 2007: 76, fig. p. 67.

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. (see photograph in Kovařík, 2009: 63) .

FARS PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Fars Province , Qasr-e-Sásán , 29°11'N 53°13'E, 1567 m a.s.l., 20.IV.2000, 1juv. ( FKCP), leg. J. Šobotník; Kazeroon- Borazjan, Konar Takhteh, 29°31'58"N 51°25'22"E, 568 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-840), IX.2008, 1♂ 1♀ ( 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, 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh; Kazeroon, Farashband, 29°25'03"N 52°14'31"E, 814 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-844), IX.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Kazeroon- Farshband road, 29°10'32"N 52°00'57"E, 871 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-846), IX.2008, 3♂ 2♀ ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Firoozabad-Gheer road, Hasanabad, 29°41'55"N 52°42'34"E, 1277 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-849), IX.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; 85 kms to Lar, 28°13'07"N 54°04'25"E, 865 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-862), X.2008, 1♂ 2♀ 1im ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Gheer-Khonj, Oskooyeh Village, 29°06'03"N 53°12'39"E, 581 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-866), X.2008, 1♂ 1♀ 2juvs. ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Gheer-Khonj, 28°14'34"N 53°06'41"E, 638 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-867), X.2008, 1♂ 1♀ 3♂ juvs. 5♀ juvs. ( RRLS), leg. Hayader, Bahrani, Masihipour & Habibzadeh; Gheer, 28°15'16"N 53°05'04"E, 657 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-868), X.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Hayader, Bahrani, Masihipour & Habibzadeh; Gheer- Khonj, Mozafary Village, 29°24'21"N 53°03'04"E, 581 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-869), X.2008, 1♂ 2♀ 2♂ juvs. ( RRLS) , 2juvs. ( FKCP), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh , Masihipour & Hayader; Gheer-Hengam road, 28°32' 36"N 52°47'54"E, 1173 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-871), X.2008, 1♂ ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader; Juym-Lar, Banaruyeh, 29°05'39"N 54°06'16"E, 864 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-878), X.2008, 1♀ juv. ( RRLS), leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Masihipour; Mehr-Galedar, Chahoo Village, 27°34'27"N 52° 50' 36"E, 434 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-887), IX. 2008, 1im. ( RRLS), leg. Bahrani, Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr (Pocock, 1900: 364), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 10), Fars (first report), Ilam ( Akbari, 2007: 76), Kerman ( Karataş et al., 2012: 117), Khoozestan (Navidpour et al., 2008a: 26), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Navidpour et al., 2008d: 12), and Lorestan (Navidpour et al., 2010: 17) Provinces.