Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889)

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 : 6-9

Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889)

Figures 5 , 10 , 32–35

Buthus phillipsii Pocock, 1889: 341 ; 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; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 13; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 11; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 5.

Mesobuthus eupeus : Akbari, 2007: 76.

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

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

CHAHAR MAHAL & BAKHTIYARI PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Shahrekord (hills of Shahrekord University), 32°21'18"N 50°50'10"E, 2148 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH- 4), V.2007, 7♂ 5♀ 11♀ im.3juvs., RRLS , 6♂ 1juv., FKCP, leg. Pirali & Navidpour ; Shahrekord , Sarteshniz Village, 32°08'51"N 50°54'11"E, 2116 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH- 7), V.2008, 3♂ 2♀ 1♀ im.5juvs., RRLS , 2♀ 1juv., FKCP, leg. Pirali ; Saman , 32°27'17"N 50°52'36"E, 2134 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-9), V.2008, 2♂ 4♀, RRLS, leg. Pirali ; Lordegan , Milas Village, 31°30'02"N 51°02'38"E, 1840 m, X.2007, 4♂ 2♀, RRLS, leg. Pirali ; Lordegan , Marvan Village, 31°33'14"N 51°06'08"E, 1892 m a.s.l., X.2007, 4♂ 2♀, RRLS, leg. Pirali & Khosravi.

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

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Figure 10: Map of Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province showing distribution of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii, Odontobuthus bidentatus, and Orthochirus zagrosensis collected in this study.

Figures 5–6: Iran, Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province. 5. Shahrekord (hills of Shahrekord University), 32°21'18"N 50°50'10"E, 2148 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-4). Recorded occurrence of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Orthochirus zagrosensis Kovařík, 2004. 6. Farsan, 32°35'43"N 49°39'27"E, 1981 m a.s.l. (Locality. No. SH-6). Recorded occurrence of Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) and Hottentotta zagrosensis Kovařík, 1997.