Mesobuthus eupeus persicus ( Pocock, 1899 )

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor & Kovařík, František, 2013, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part IX. Hormozgan Province, with a description of Odontobuthus tavighiae sp. n. (Buthidae), Euscorpius 170, pp. 1-29 : 8-11

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.

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).