Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905)

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 : 3-5

Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905)

Figures 4 , 6 , 28–31

Buthus acutecarinatus matthiesseni Birula, 1905a: 142 ; Birula, 1937: 107.

Buthus (Buthus) acutecarinatus matthiesseni : Birula, 1917: 229, 240; Birula, 1918: 25.

Buthus (Hottentotta) acutecarinatus matthiesseni : Vachon, 1940b: 173.

Compsobuthus matthiesseni : Pringle, 1960: 77; Habibi, 1971: 43; Levy et al., 1973: 114; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 60; Farzanpay, 1987: 149; Farzanpay, 1988: 37; Kovařík, 1992: 183; Kovařík, 1996: 53; Kovařík, 1997a: 40, 49; Kovařík, 1997b: 179; Kovařík, 1998: 109; Sissom & Fet, 1998: 1;

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Crucitti, 1999: 84; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 127; Lourenço & Vachon, 2001: 180; Kovařík, 2002: 7; Crucitti & Vignoli, 2002; Kovařík, 2003: 97; Vignoli et al., 2003: 2; Vignoli, 2005: 85; Akbari, 2007: 76; Kovařík & Ahmed, 2007: 6; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 9; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 9; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 8; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 3.

Compsobuthus acutecarinatus matthiesseni : Vachon & Kinzelbach, 1987: 101; El-Hennawy, 1992: 123.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, “ Kum, Province Irak-Adschemi “ now Qum (Qom) ; ZISP.

CHAHAR MAHAL & BAKHTIYARI PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province,

Bazoft , Abikarolya Village, 32°29'28"N 49°36'02"E (Locality No. SH-1), 2007, 1♂ 1♀, RRLS, leg. Pirali ; Farsan , 32°35'43"N 49°39'27"E, 1981 m a.s.l. (Locality. No. SH-6), V.2008, 1♀ 1im., RRLS , 1♀ FKCP, leg. Pirali & Khosravi ; Bazoft to Kohrang road, 32°42'05"N 49°33'12"E, 1262 m a.s.l., V.2008, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Pirali & Rashidi ; Lordegan , Kohiyan Village, 31°50'02"N 51°03'48"E, 1856 m a.s.l. (Locality No. SH-8), VII.2007, 1♀, FKCP .

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, known from provinces Kermanshah (formerly Bahtaran), Bushehr, Fars, Hamadan, Ilam, Khoozestan, Kerman, Kordestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Qom (Sissom & Fet, 1998, Kovařík, 2003: 100, Akbari, 2007: 76), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Navidpour et al., 2008d: 3), and Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari Province (first report); Iraq ( Birula, 1917: 240; Pringle, 1960: 77), Syria ( Kovařík, 2002: 7), Turkey ( Kovařík, 1996: 53).

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Figure 4: Map of Chahar Mahal & Bakhtiyari Province showing distribution of Androctonus crassicauda and Compsobuthus matthiesseni 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.