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 Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900) ( Fig. 13 ) Heterometrus townsendi Pocock, 1900: 364 . ? Scorpio townsendi : Birula, 1905a: 147 (Birula, 1910: 184) . Scorpio maurus townsendi : Birula, 1910: 184 ; Birula, 1917: 231 ; Vachon, 1950: 164 (1952: 336); Vachon, 1966: 215; Habibi, 1971: 44 ; Pérez Minocci, 1974: 40; Kovařík, 1997a: 50 ; Kovařík, 1998: 141 ; Fet, 2000: 479; Navidpour et al., 2008a: 26, figs. 2, 43, 103–106; Navidpour et al., 2008b: 20, figs. 20–21, 24, 73–77; Navidpour et al., 2008c: 14, figs. 11, 12, 62–66; Navidpour et al., 2008d: 12, figs. 2, 14, 51– 55; Kovařík, 2009: 62–63, figs. 436-440 and p. 63; Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 10, figs. 11, 44–48; Navidpour et al., 2010: 17; Karataş et al., 2012: 117 . Scorpio maurus : Farzanpay, 1987: 165 ; Farzanpay, 1988: 42 ; Akbari, 2007: 76 , fig. p. 67. TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran , Bushehr Province , Fort Reshire near Bushire , Persian Gulf , Iran ; BMNH . TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Bushehr Province , Fort Reshire near Bushire , Persia , 1 ♀ ( holotype ) leg. F. W. Townsend , BMNH No. 1900.5.9.1. (see photograph in Kovařík, 2009: 63) . FARS PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Fars Province , Qasr-e-Sásán , 29°11'N 53°13'E , 1567 m a.s.l. , 20.IV.2000 , 1juv. ( FKCP ), leg. J. Šobotník ; Kazeroon- Borazjan, Konar Takhteh, 29°31'58"N 51°25'22"E , 568 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-840), IX.2008 , 1♂ 1♀ ( 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 , 1♀ ( FKCP ), leg. Masihipour , Bahrani & Habibzadeh ; Kazeroon, Farashband, 29°25'03"N 52°14'31"E , 814 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-844), IX.2008 , 1♂ ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader ; Kazeroon- Farshband road, 29°10'32"N 52°00'57"E , 871 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-846), IX.2008 , 3♂ 2♀ ( RRLS ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour ; Firoozabad-Gheer road, Hasanabad, 29°41'55"N 52°42'34"E , 1277 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-849), IX.2008 , 1♂ ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader ; 85 kms to Lar, 28°13'07"N 54°04'25"E , 865 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-862), X.2008 , 1♂ 2♀ 1im ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader ; Gheer-Khonj, Oskooyeh Village , 29°06'03"N 53°12'39"E , 581 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-866), X.2008 , 1♂ 1♀ 2juvs. ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader ; Gheer-Khonj, 28°14'34"N 53°06'41"E , 638 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-867), X.2008 , 1♂ 1♀ 3♂ juvs. 5♀ juvs. ( RRLS ), leg. Hayader , Bahrani, Masihipour & Habibzadeh ; Gheer, 28°15'16"N 53°05'04"E , 657 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-868), X.2008 , 1♂ ( RRLS ), leg. Hayader , Bahrani, Masihipour & Habibzadeh ; Gheer- Khonj, Mozafary Village , 29°24'21"N 53°03'04"E , 581 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-869), X.2008 , 1♂ 2♀ 2♂ juvs. ( RRLS ) , 2juvs. ( FKCP ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh , Masihipour & Hayader ; Gheer-Hengam road, 28°32' 36"N 52°47'54"E , 1173 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-871), X.2008 , 1♂ ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh, Masihipour & Hayader ; Juym-Lar, Banaruyeh, 29°05'39"N 54°06'16"E , 864 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-878), X.2008 , 1♀ juv. ( RRLS ), leg. Habibzadeh , Hayader & Masihipour ; Mehr-Galedar , Chahoo Village , 27°34'27"N 52° 50' 36"E , 434 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. Fa-887), IX. 2008 , 1im. ( RRLS ), leg. Bahrani , Habibzadeh , Masihipour & Hayader. DISTRIBUTION: Iran , Bushehr (Pocock, 1900: 364), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 10), Fars (first report), Ilam ( Akbari, 2007: 76 ), Kerman ( Karataş et al., 2012: 117 ), Khoozestan (Navidpour et al., 2008a: 26), Kohgilouyeh & Boyer Ahmad (Navidpour et al., 2008d: 12), and Lorestan (Navidpour et al., 2010: 17) Provinces.