Scorpio maurus townsendi ( Pocock, 1900 )

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Soleglad, Michael E., Fet, Victor & Kovařík, František, 2008, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part II. Bushehr Province, Euscorpius 67 (69), pp. 1-33 : 20

Scorpio maurus townsendi ( Pocock, 1900)

Figures 20–21 , 24 , 73–77

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., 2008: 26.

Scorpio maurus : Farzanpay, 1987: 165; Farzanpay, 1988: 42; Akbari, 2007: 76.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Iran, Bushehr Province, Fort Reshire near Bushire, Persian Gulf , Iran ; BMNH.

BUSHEHR PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran , Bushehr Prov., cca 17 km NW. Bandar-e Genaveh , 10 m a.s.l., 29°38'32"N 50°26'56"E, 2♀ 10juvs. FKCP, 13– 14.X.1998, leg. P. Kabátek ; Bushehr env. (Locality No. Bu-1), I.2005, 1♀ FKCP, 1♀ RRLS, leg. Jahanifard ; Genaveh env. (Locality No. Bu-2), 2005, 1♀ FKCP, 2♂ 8♀ RRLS, leg. Bahrani & Tofigh ; Delvar , 28°42' 59"N 51°04'52"E, 4 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-20), XI.2007, 10 juvs. RRLS, 1♀ 2juvs. FKCP, leg. Masihipour & Hayader ; Ahram, Khormuj road, 28°45'43"N 51°17'51"E, 43 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu- 30), XI.2007, 1♂ RRLS, leg. Masihipour, Bharani & Hayader ; Tangestan, Farshanbeh , 28º52'53"N 51°18' 43"E, 95 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-35), XI.2007, 2♀ 22juvs. RRLS, 7juvs. FKCP, leg. Masihipour, Bahrani & Habibzadeh.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Bushehr Province ( Pocock, 1900: 364), Khoozestan Province ( Navidpour et al., 2008: 26).

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Figure 24: Map of Bushehr province showing distribution of Scorpio maurus townsendi and Hemiscorpius lepturus collected in this study.

Figures 20–21: Iran, Bushehr Province. 20. Delvar, 28°42'59"N 51°04'52"E, 4 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-20). Recorded occurence of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828), Orthochirus iranus Kovařík, 2004, and Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900). 21. Tangestan, 28°52'53"N 51°18'43", 95 m a.s.l. (Locality No. Bu-35). Recorded occurrence of Mesobuthus eupeus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889), Odontobuthus bidentatus Lourenço et Pézier, 2002, and Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900).