Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IX. Hormozgan Province, with a description of Odontobuthus tavighiae sp. n. (Buthidae)
Author
Navidpour, Shahrokh
Author
Soleglad, Michael E.
Author
Fet, Victor
Author
Kovařík, František
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Euscorpius
2013
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1536-9307
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Mesobuthus eupeus persicus
(
Pocock, 1899
)
(
Figs. 3
,
7–9
,
36
)
Buthus caucasicus persicus
Pocock, 1899: 404
;
Pocock, 1900: 19
.
Buthus eupeus persicus
: Birula, 1905a: 119
, 122, 124– 126; Birula, 1918: 10–13, figs. 1–2, 6.
Mesobuthus eupeus persicus
:
Vachon, 1959: 155
, fig. 37;
Vachon, 1966: 212
; Habibi, 1971: 44; Farzanpay, 1988: 38; Fet, 1994: 527; Kovařík, 1997: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 114; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 174;
Navidpour et al., 2011: 9
, figs. 2, 6, 12, 41–44;
Navidpour et al., 2012: 10
, figs. 10 and 22.
Mesobuthus caucasicus persicus
: Pérez Minocci, 1974: 25
; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303.
=?
Buthus eupeus kirmanensis
Birula, 1900: 364
(see Fet & Lowe, 2000: 173).
Buthus
(
Buthus
)
eupeus kirmanensis
: Birula, 1917: 239
; Birula, 1918: 14.
Mesobuthus eupeus kirmanensis
:
Vachon, 1959: 155
;
Vachon, 1966: 212
; Habibi, 1971: 43; Farzanpay, 1988: 38; Fet, 1994: 527; Kovařík, 1997: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 114; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 173;
Mirshamsi et al., 2011: 9
.
=?
Buthus pachysoma
Birula, 1900: 370
(syn. by
Navidpour et al., 2011: 9
).
Buthus eupeus pachysoma
: Birula, 1905a: 128
.
Buthus
(
Buthus
)
eupeus pachysoma
: Birula, 1917: 239
.
Mesobuthus eupeus pachysoma
:
Vachon, 1959: 155
;
Vachon, 1966: 212
; Habibi, 1971: 43; Farzanpay, 1988: 38; Fet, 1994: 527; Kovařík, 1997: 49; Kovařík, 1998: 114; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 174.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
REPOSITORY. Persia, now
Iran
,
East Azarbaijan
,
Seir, E
side of
Lake Urmia
(Urmi); BMNH
.
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Iran
,
East Azarbaijan Province
,
Seir
,
Lake Urmi
,
1♀
lectotype
, BMNH No. 1900.1,15
.
HORMOZGAN PROVINCE
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Iran
,
Hormozgan Province
,
Minab
to
Sandrak
road,
26°59' 35.8"N
57°09'46.1"E
,
58 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO- 111)
,
IV.2008
,
2♂
(
RRLS
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
26°51'02.9"N
57°15'27"E
,
57 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-112)
,
IV.2008
,
4♂
4♀
(
RRLS
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
26°51'57.3"N
57°19'13.8"E
,
112 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-113)
,
IV. 2008
,
2♂
(
RRLS
)
,
1♂
(
FKCP
) (leg.
Masihipour
, Bah- rani &
Habibzadeh
;
Minab
to
Radan
road,
27°24'08"N
56°56'31.9"E
,
75 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-116)
,
IV.2008
,
1juv.
(
FKCP
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Minab-Bandare Jask
road,
27°25'03"N
56°59'42.3"E
,
240 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-117)
,
IV.2008
,
3♂
(
RRLS
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Minab
to
Jask
road,
26°04'49.3"N
57°17' 57.2"E
,
26 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-118)
,
V.2009
,
1♂
(
FKCP
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Hayader
and
Habibzadeh
;
Bandare Jask
to
Bashagard
road,
25°50'11.4"N
57°50' 14.6"E
,
146 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-119)
,
V.2008
,
1♂
(
RRLS
)
1♀
(
FKCP
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Shahre Babak
,
Jask
to
Bashagard
road,
25°50'53.1"N
57°50'40.7"E
,
178 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-120)
,
V.2008
,
3♂
10♀
(
RRLS
)
1♂
1♀
(
FKCP
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Jask
to
Bashagard
road,
25°55'18.4"N
57°49'42.3"E
,
274 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-121)
,
V.2008
,
2♂
(
RRLS
)
2 juvs. (
FKCP
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Jask
to
Minab
road,
25°52'34.9"N
57°29'47.4"E
,
46 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-126)
,
V.2008
,
1♀
(
FKCP
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Jask
to
Minab
road,
26°37'30.7"N
57°05'43"E
,
18 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-129)
,
V.2008
,
3♂
4♀
6 ims. (
RRLS
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
& Hab- ibzadeh;
Radan
to
Bandar Abbas
road,
27°22'50.7"N
56°50'07.8"E
,
36 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
HO-130)
,
V.2008
,
5♀
3♂
(
RRLS
)
1♂
1♀
(
FKCP
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Bandar Abbas
to
Bastak
road,
27°12'01.4"N
55°40'04.3"E
,
20 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality
HO- 131)
,
V.2008
,
3♂
4♀
(
RRLS
)
2♀
(
FKCP
)
,
leg. Masi- hipour,
Bahrani
&
Habibzadeh
;
Bandar Abbas
to
Bandar Lengeh
road,
27°09'55.6"N
56°11'08.8"E
,
3 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality
HO-140)
,
V.2008
,
1♂
(
FKCP
)
, leg. Masi- hipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh; Lengeh Port,
27°08' 06"N
55°49'17.5"E
,
12 m
a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-142),
V.2009
,
3♂
4♀
(
RRLS
), leg.
Masihipour
,
Hayader
&
Habibzadeh.
Figures 7–8:
Iran, Hormozgan Province,
7.
Shahre Babak, Jask to Bashagard road, 25°50'53.1"N 57°50'40.7"E, 178 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-120). Recorded occurrence of
Mesobuthus eupeus persicus
(
Pocock, 1899
)
,
Odontobuthus doriae
(
Thorell, 1876
)
,
Orthochirus varius
Kovařík, 2004
and
Razianus zarudnyi
(Birula, 1903)
.
8.
Minab-Bandare Jask road, 27°25'03"N 56°59'42.3"E, 240 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-117), IV.2008, 3♂ (RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh. Recorded occurrence of
Mesobuthus eupeus persicus
(
Pocock, 1899
)
and
Hemiscorpius lepturus
Peters, 1861
.
Figure 9:
Map of Hormozgan Province showing distribution of
Mesobuthus phillipsii
(
Pocock, 1889
)
and
Mesobuthus eupeus persicus
(
Pocock, 1899
)
collected in this study.
COMMENTS. Specimens from
Hormozgan Province
available to us for study are mostly smaller, usually reaching
35 to 50 mm
(including telson). Some of them have relatively narrower metasoma reminding of
Mesobuthus macmahoni
(
Pocock, 1900
)
, from which they differ in the shape of the chela, especially the males. Determining the relationship of these two taxa will need further work.
DISTRIBUTION:
Iran
, East Azarbaijan (
Pocock, 1899: 404
),
Fars
(
Navidpour et al., 2012: 11
),
Kerman
, Sistan
&
Baluchistan
(Birula, 1900: 364; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 173), Hormozgan (first report), and Yazd (
Mirshamsi et al., 2011: 9
) Provinces;
Pakistan
(
Pocock, 1900: 20
).