Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part VIII. Fars Province Author Navidpour, Shahrokh Author Fet, Victor Author Kovařík, František Author Soleglad, Michael E. text Euscorpius 2012 139 1 29 journal article 1536-9307 Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861 ( Figs. 3–4 , 13 ) Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861a: 426 , 8 figs.; Karsch, 1879: 15 , 21; Birula, 1905a: 146 ; Birula, 1917: 215 ; Birula, 1918: 42 , fig. 7; Weidner, 1959: 100; Pringle, 1960: 84, fig. 9; Khalaf, 1962: 2 ; Khalaf, 1963: 68 ; Vachon, 1966: 214; Habibi, 1971: 44 ; Farzanpay & Pretzmann, 1974: 217; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 36; Vachon, 1977: 213; Vachon, 1979: 59; Farzanpay, 1987: 141 , 168; Farzanpay, 1988: 42 ; Simard & Watt, 1990: 441; Sissom, 1990: 75; El-Hennawy, 1992: 135; Kovařík, 1997a: 48 ; Kovařík, 1998: 136 ; Fet, 2000: 429; Prendini, 2000: 44; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902, figs. 1a–b, 16– 21, 27e –f, 36; Akbari, 2007: 76 , fig. p. 68; Navidpour et al., 2008a, figs. 20–21, 43, 107–110: 26; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20, figs. 2, 5, 7, 24, 78–81; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 15, figs. 4, 12, 67-70; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 14, figs. 3, 6–7, 9, 14, 56–59; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12, figs. 3, 11, 49–52; Navidpour et al., 2010: 17; Navidpour et al., 2011: 19, figs. 7, 16, 65–68; Karataş et al., 2012: 118 . Hemiscorpion lepturus : Peters, 1861b: 511 ; Ausserer, 1880: 466 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 142; Werner, 1934: 276; Moritz & Fischer, 1980: 317; Kovařík, 2002: 14 . Hemiscorpio lepturus : Simon, 1880b: 29 . TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iraq , “Mendeli bei Baghdad ” ( Mendeli near Baghdad ); ZMHB . TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iraq , Mendeli bei Baghdad , 2♂ 2♀ ( syntypes ) ( ZMHB 43 a–d), leg. Petermann. FARS PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Fars Province , 10 km E of Sivand , 30º05'N 52º55'E , ca 1700 m a.s.l. , 29.- 30.IV.1996 , 1♀ ( FKCP ), leg. M. Kaftan , 2♀ 2juvs. ( FKCP ), leg. J. Pitulová ; Zagros Mts. , Abshar env., 30º23'N 51º30'E , ca 1000 m a.s.l. , 2.-3.V.1996 , 2♀ 1juv. ( FKCP ), leg. M. Kaftan and D. Král ; Marvdasht , 29°58'20"N 52°55'50"E , 1467 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa- 860), IX.2008 , 2♂ 2♀ ( RRLS ), leg. Hayader , Bahrani , Masihipour & Habibzadeh ; Marvdasht-Shiraz road , 29°57'59"N 51°55'41"E , 1632 m a.s.l. (Locality. No. Fa- 861), IX.2008 , 1♀ ( RRLS ), leg. Masihipour , Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Lar , 27°34'N 54°10'E (altered), 674 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Fa-881), X.2008 , 1♂ , ( FKCP ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh , Masihipour & Hayader. DISTRIBUTION: Iran , Ardabil ( Karataş et al., 2012: 118 ), Fars , Hormozgan , Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad, Lorestan ( Kovařík, 1997a: 48 ), Bushehr , Ilam , Khoozestan ( Farzanpay, 1987: 141 ; Monod & Lourenço, 2005: 902; Akbari, 2007: 76 ), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 12), and Kerman (Navidpour et al., 2011: 19) Provinces; Iraq (Peters, 1861a: 426).