Mesobuthus phillipsii ( Pocock, 1889 )

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 : 11

Mesobuthus phillipsii ( Pocock, 1889)

( Figs. 4, 9, 37)

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, 1997: 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 all, 2011: 5, figs. 12–15, 17–18, 21– 22, 24–26; Navidpour et al., 2012: 12, figs. 2, 10, 21 and 23.

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 .

HORMOZGAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Hormozgan Province , Lengeh Port, 26°44'46.8"N 54°53' 01.7"E, 30 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-144) , V.2009, 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayader and Habibzadeh; 26° 45'5"N 54°53'46.6"E, 94 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. HO-145) , V.2009, 2♂ 2♀ ( RRLS) 1♂ 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayader and Habibzadeh; 26°45'57.3"N 54°46'31.4"E, 18 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. HO-148) , XI.2008, 6♂ 5♀ ( RRLS) 2♂ 2♀ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour & Hayader; 26°45' 14.9"N 54°31'44.3"E, 30 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. HO-149) , XI.2008, 2♂ ( RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh; Bandar Abbas to Lengeh Port road, 26°40'40.2"N 55°04'07.4"E, 17 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-150) , XI.2008, 1juv. ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour & Bahrani; 26°46'36.6"N 55°13'59.2"E, 5 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. HO-152) , XI.2008, 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh; 27°04'41.0"N 55° 29'54.3"E, 219 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. HO-155) , XI.2008, 1♀ 2juvs. ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh; Parsian to Lamerd road, 27°05'15.7"N 53° 29'26.2"E, 235 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-156) , XI.2008, 4♂ 5♀ ( RRLS) 2♂ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh; Parsian to Bandar Lengeh road, 27°05' 08.2"N 53°26'22.5"E, 200 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO- 157) , XI.2008, 4♂ ( RRLS), leg. Masihipour, Hayader & Habibzadeh; Parsian to Lamerd road, 27°05'52.3"N 53° 23'23.2"E, 168 m a.s.l. (Locality No. HO-158) , XI.2008, 1♂ 7♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Masihipour, Hay- ader & Habibzadeh .

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr ( Pocock, 1889: 341), Chahar Machal & Bakhtiyari (Pirali-Kheirabadi et al., 2009: 6), Esfahan (Kovařík et all, 2011: 6), Fars (Ko- vařík et al., 2011: 6), Hormozgan (first report) 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, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Mardin, Şanliurfa, and Şirnak Pro- vinces ( Kovařík et al., 2011: 8-10).