Mesobuthus macmahoni ( Pocock, 1900 )

Navidpour, Shahrokh, Ezatkhah, Majeed, Kovařík, František, Soleglad, Michael E. & Fet, Victor, 2011, Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VII. Kerman Province, Euscorpius 131 (131), pp. 1-32 : 13

Mesobuthus macmahoni ( Pocock, 1900)

( Figs. 3 , 4 , 6 , 12 , 37–40)

Buthus macmahoni Pocock, 1900: 18 ; Kraepelin, 1913: 125; Weidner, 1959: 99.

Buthus (Buthus) macmahoni : Birula, 1917: 214.

Buthus (Buthus) zarudnyi macmahoni : Birula, 1917: 240.

Mesobuthus macmahoni : Vachon, 1950: 153 (1952: 325); Vachon, 1959: 146, figs. 30–31; Habibi, 1971: 44; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 177; Capes & Fet, 2001: 303.

Mesobuthus eupeus macmahoni : Farzanpay, 1986: 334; Kovařík, 1998: 114.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Northern Baluchistan, now Pakistan; BMNH .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Pakistan, Baluchistan, Mekran, Ormara , 1♀ syntype ( BMNH No. 1904.9.30.3., rev. Vachon, 1953) .

KERMAN PROVINCE MATERIAL EXAMINED [14 localities]. Iran, Kerman Province , Bam, Badr abad, Abuzari vil., 28°54'05"N 58°41'05"E (28.9014, 58.6847), 785 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-25) , IV.2009, 18♂ 15♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Badr Abad, Narmashir, 28°54'36"N 58°42'14"E (28. 9100, 58.7039), 775 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-26) , IV.2009, 2 ♂ 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Bam, Sar Telo, Khajeh Askar Vill., 29°10'01"N 58°16'27"E (29.1669, 58.2742), 1155 m a.s.l.. (Locality No. KE-27) , V.2009, 3♂ 3♀ ( RRLS) , 3♀ 2 ims. ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Zarand, 30°49'59"N 56°37'31"E (30.8331, 56.6167), 1775 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-30) , V.2009, 2♂ 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Zarand, 30°50'18"N 56°36'53"E (30.8383, 56.6147), 1805 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-31) , V.2009, 2♂ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Dehdasht, Pabdana, 30°57'24"N 56°32'23"E (30.9567, 56.5397), 1975 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-34) , V.2009, 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Zarand-Kerman road, 30°48'38"N 56°55'30"E (30.8106, 56.9250), 1688 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-37) , V.2009, 3♂ 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Rafsanjan road, Zarand, 30°32'22"N 56°04'42"E (30.5394, 56.0783), 1547 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-46) , V.2009, 3♂ 2♀ ( RRLS) , 1♂ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Baft-Sirjan road, 29°15'23"N 56°29'12"E (29.2564, 56.4867), 2275 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-83) , V.2009, ♂ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Ravar-Mashhad road, 31°21'44"N 56°50'08"E (31.3622, 56.8356), 1100 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-84) , V.2009, 1♂ 1♀ ( RRLS) , 1♀ im. ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Ravar-Mashhad road, 31°23'31"N 56°50'50"E (31.3919, 56.8472), 1070 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-87) , V.2009, 1♂ 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Ravar-Mashhad road, Yusef abad vil., 31°20'51"N 56°48'21"E (31.3475, 56.8058), 1139 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-90) , V.2009, 1♂ 1♀ 1juv. ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahdad, 30°29'06"N 57°48'28"E (30.4850, 57.8078), 331 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-116) , V.2009, 3♀ ( RRLS) , 1♀ ( FKCP), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Shahdad, 30°27'54"N 57°48'47"E (30. 4650, 57.8131), 338 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-117) , V.2009, 1♀ ( RRLS), leg. Koohpaye, Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Sistan & Baluchistan Province ( Vachon, 1959: 147; Habibi, 1971: 44), Kerman (first report); Afghanistan ( Vachon, 1959: 146); Pakistan ( Pocock, 1900: 20).

Figures

Figure 12: Map of Kerman Province showing distribution of Mesobuthus eupeus persicus (Pocock, 1899) and Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900) collected in this study.

Figures 2–3: Iran, Kerman Province. 2 (top). Ghaleh ganj, Bolbol Abad vil., 27°38'38"N 57°56'22"E, 419 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-15). Recorded occurrence of Mesobuthus eupeus persicus (Pocock, 1899) and Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900). 3 (bottom). Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Badr abad, Narmashir, 28°54'36"N 58°42'14"E, 775 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-26). Recorded occurrence of Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900).

Figure 4–5: Iran, Kerman Province. 4 (top). Rafsanjan road, Zarand, 30°32'22"N 56°04'42"E, 1547 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE- 46). Recorded occurrence of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807), Compsobuthus kaftani Kovařík, 2003, Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900), and Polisius persicus Fet, Capes & Sissom, 2001. 5 (bottom). Jamalizadeh and Ebrahimi; Sirjan- Kerman road, 29°28'55"N 55°42'13"E, 1790 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-60). Recorded occurrence of Odontobuthus doriae (Thorell, 1876).

Figure 6–7: Iran, Kerman Province. 6 (top). Ravar-Mashhad road, 31°21'44"N 56°50'08"E, 1100 m a.s.l.(Locality No. KE-84). Recorded occurrence of Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903), Mesobuthus eupeus persicus (Pocock, 1899), and Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900). 7 (bottom). Baft, Rabar, Nanuk vil., 29°19'51"N 56°50'21"E, 2873 m a.s.l. (Locality No. KE-91). Recorded occurrence of Hemiscorpius lepturus Peters, 1861.