Table 1.
Distribution of common species of scorpions in Hormozgan province, south Iran
| Family | Genus | Species | Size (mm) | Iran distribution | World distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpionidae | Scorpio | S. maurus | 65 | Azerbaijan, Bushehr, Chahar-Mahal Bakhtiyari, Isfahan, Fars, Gilan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Kohgilouyeh Boyer-Ahmad, Kurdestan, Lorestan, Qazvin, Semnan | North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia; Asia: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen |
| Buthidae | Odontobuthus | O. doriae | 50 | Found at high elevations of west, southeast, and central parts of Iran | Endemic to Iran |
| Mesobuthus | M. eupeus | 60 | Ardebil, Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Golestan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Khorasan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Semnan, Sistan Baluchistan, Tehran, and Yazd | Afghanistan, Armenia, Central Asia, China, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey | |
| Androctonus | A. crassicauda | 120 | Throughout Iran | Iran, North Africa, West Asia | |
| Orthochirus | O. scrobiculosus | 30 | Throughout Iran | Central Asia, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, south Israel | |
| Hottentotta | H. saulcyi | 60–100 | Chahar-Mahal Bakhtiyari, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kohgilouyeh va Boyer-Ahmad, and Lorestan | Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey | |
| H. jayakari | 65–90 | Hormozgan | India, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen | ||
| Compsobuthus | C. matthiesseni | 30–45 | Azerbaijan, Bushehr, Chahar Mahal Bakhtiyari, Fars, Hamadan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kohgilouyeh Boyer-Ahmad, Kurdestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Qom, Hormozgan | Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey | |
| Simonoides | S. farzanpayi | 30 | Hormozgan, Kerman, Sistan Baluchistan | Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan | |
| Liochelidae | Hemiscorpius | H. lepturus | 50–75 | Isfahan, Fars, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Kohgilouyeh Boyer-Ahmad, Kerman, Khuzestan, Lorestan | Iran, Iraq |