Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889)

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 : 5-7

Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889)

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Buthus phillipsii Pocock, 1889: 341 ; Weidner, 1959: 99.

Buthus phillipsi : Kraepelin, 1899: 24; Birula, 1905 a: 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.

Mesobuthus eupeus : Akbari, 2007: 76.

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

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

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 vill. env.), 1800-2500 m a.s.l, 1.-2.V.1996, 1♀ 1juv. FKCP, leg. J. Pitulová ; Behbahan to Gachsaran (Dogonbadan) road, 30º28'36"N 50º30'05", 498 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-1), ΙII.2008, 6♂ 1♀, RRLS , 2ims. FKCP, leg. Ghafarnia & Habibzadeh; Yasuj , Deelaroo Village, 30º33'44"N 50º44'44"E, 820 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-2), ΙII.2008, 6♂ 12♀ RRLS , 1♂ 1♀ 2ims.(♂ ♀) 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, 3♀ RRLS , 1♂ 2ims. 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, 3♂ 2♀ RRLS, leg. Navidpour, Ghafarnia & Bahrani ; Basht road, Dehno village, 30º17'41"N 51º25'08"E, 826 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Y-5), ΙII. 2008, 1♂ 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, 4♂ 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♂ 2♀ 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), IIΙ.2008, 3♀ RRLS, leg. Ghafarnia, Hayader & Bahrani ; Dehdasht , Safiri Village, 30º 46'37"N 50º41'18"E, 685 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Deh-1), IIΙ.2008, 3♂ RRLS, leg. Habibzadeh, Hayader & Bahrani.

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

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Figure 5: Map of Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province showing distribution of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii and Odontobuthus bidentatus 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.