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 Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) ( Figs. 2 , 10 , 21 and 23 ) Buthus phillipsii Pocock, 1889: 341 , pl. XV, fig. 6; 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; Mirshamsi et al., 2011: 15. 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, figs. 22, 81–84; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 13, figs. 2– 3, 5, 21–22, 49–52; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 11, figs. 4, 7–9, 37–40; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 5, figs. 2–3, 5–9, 35–38; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 6, figs. 5, 10, 32–35; Navidpour et al., 2010: 13, fig. 19; Kovařík et al., 2011: 5, figs. 12–15, 17–18, 21– 22, 24–26. Mesobuthus eupeus : Akbari, 2007: 76 . Buthus hottentotta : Kraepelin, 1891: 185 (part?). = Buthus eupaeus mesopotamicus Penther, 1912: 111 (syn. by Kovařík et al., 2011: 5). TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran , Bushir (now Bushehr ) Province ; BMNH . FARS PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Fars Province , Zagros Mts. , Abshar env., 30º23'N 51º30'E , ca 1000 m a.s.l. , 2.-3.V.1996 , 1♀ ( FKCP ), leg. J. Pitulová ; Kazeroon-Borazjan , Konar Takhteh , 29°31'58"N 51°25'22"E , 568 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-840) , IX.2008 , 16♂ 13♀ 4 juvs. ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh , Masihipour & Hayader ; Kazeroon-Borazjan road, 29°33'36"N 51°23'58"E , 724 m a.s.l. ( Locality. No. Fa- 841) , IX.2008 , 12♂ 6♀ 7 juvs. ( RRLS ), leg. Masihipour , Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Kazeroon-Borazjan road, 29°33'32"N 51°30'14"E , 963 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa- 842) , X.2008 , 3♂ 1♀ ( RRLS ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour ; Kazeroon , 29°42'03"N 51°41'24"E , 772 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-843) , IX.2008 , 3♂ 6♀ 3juvs. ( RRLS ) , 1♀ im. ( FKCP ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour ; Kazeroon-Farshband road, 29°10'32"N 52°00'57"E , 871 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-846) , IX.2008 , 6♂ 3♀ 2juvs. ( RRLS ) , 2♀ 1im, ( FKCP ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour ; Farashband road, 29°29'10"N 51°49'54"E , 832 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-847) , IX.2008 , 25♂ 31♀10♀ ims.11juvs. ( RRLS ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour ; Parishan , 29°20'10"N 51°49'54"E , 867 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-848) , IX.2008 , 5♂ 4♀ ( RRLS ) , 1♂ 1♀ ( FKCP ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour ; Bastak-Lar road, 27°30'40"N 54°13'55"E , 779 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-884) , X.2008 , 1♀ ( RRLS ) , 1♀ im. ( FKCP ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh , Masihipour ; Bastak-Lar , 27°31'23"N 54°27'10"E , 772 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-885) , X.2008 , 1♀ ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh & Masihipour ; Lar , 27°40'06"N 54°19'36"E , 917 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-886) , X.2008 , 6♂ 1♀ ( RRLS ) , 2♀ 1im. ( FKCP ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh & Masihipour ; Mehr-Galedar , Chahoo Village , 27°34'27"N 52°50'36"E , 434 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-887) , IX.2008 , 1♀ ( RRLS ) , 1♀ ( FKCP ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh , Masihipour & Hayader ; Mehr- Galedar , Fal Village , 27°35'53"N 52°42'11"E , 475 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-888) , IX.2008 , 6♂ 1♀ 2juvs. ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh , Masihipour & Hayader ; Galedar-Jam ( Noorabad ), 27°42'15"N 52°36' 29"E , 490 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-889) , X.2008 , 2♀ 1juv. ( RRLS ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour. Figure 10: Map of Fars Province showing distribution of Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) and Mesobuthus eupeus persicus (Pocock, 1899) collected in this study. DISTRIBUTION: Iran , Bushehr (Pocock, 1889: 341), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 6), Esfahan (Kovařík et al., 2011: 6), Fars (Kovařík et al., 2011: 6), Ilam ( Akbari, 2007: 76 ), Khoozestan (Navidpour et al., 2008a: 9), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Kovařík, 1997), and Lorestan (Navidpour et al., 2010: 13) Provinces; Iraq (Vachon, 1966: 213; Fet & Lowe , 2000: 175); Turkey , Adıyaman , Diyarbakir , Gaziantep , Kahramanmaraş , Kilis , Mardin , Şanlıurfa , and Şirnak Provinces (Kovařík et al., 2011: 8- 10) .