Table 1.
List of scorpion species occurring in Iran according to families of scorpions ( Mirshamsi et al. 2011 )
| Buthidae |
| 1. Androctonus baluchicus (Pocock, 1900) |
| 2. A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) |
| 3. Apistobuthus susanae (Lourenço, 1998) |
| 4. Buthacus macrocentrus (Ehrenberg, 1828) |
| 5. Compsobuthus garyi ( Lourenço and Vachon, 2001 ) |
| 6. Compsobuthus jakesi (Kovařík, 2003) |
| 7. Compsobuthus kafkai (Kovařík, 2003) |
| 8. Compsobuthus kaftani (Kovařík, 2003) |
| 9. Compsobuthus matthiesseni (Birula, 1905) |
| 10. Compsobuthus persicus (Navidpour et al. 2008) |
| 11. Compsobuthus petriolii (Vignoli, 2005) |
| 12. Compsobuthus plutenkoi (Kovařík, 2003) |
| 13. Compsobuthus rugosulus (Pocock, 1900) |
| 14. Compsobuthus sobotniki (Kovařík, 2003) |
| 15. Hottentotta jayakari (Pocock, 1895) |
| 16. Hottentotta khoozestanus (Navidpour et al 2008) |
| 17. Hottentotta lorestanus (Navidpour et al. 2010) |
| 18. Hottentotta saulcyi (Simon, 1880) |
| 19. Hottentotta schach (Birula, 1905) |
| 20. Hottentotta zagrosensis (Kovařík, 1997) |
| 21. Iranobuthus krali (Kovařík, 1997) |
| 22. Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903) |
| 23. Liobuthus kessleri (Birula, 1898) |
| 24. Mesobuthus caucasicus (Nordmann, 1840) |
| 25. M. eupeus (C. L. Koch, 1839) |
| 26. Mesobuthus macmahoni (Pocock, 1900) |
| 27. Mesobuthus phillipsi (Pocock, 1889) |
| 28. Mesobuthus vesiculatus (Pocock, 1899) |
| 29. Odontobuthus bidentatus (Lourenco et Pezier, 2002) |
| 30. Odontobuthus doriae (Thorell, 1876) |
| 31. Odontobuthus odonturus (Pocock, 1897) |
| 32. Orthochirus farzanpayi (Vachon and Farzanpay, 1987) |
| 33. Orthochirus fuscipes (Pocock, 1900) |
| 34. Orthochirus gruberi (Kovařík et Fet, 2006) |
| 35. Orthochirus iranus (Kovařík, 2004) |
| 36. Orthochirus scrobiculosus (Birula, 1900) |
| 37. Orthochirus stockwelli (Lourenço and Vachon, 1995) |
| 38. Orthochirus varius (Kovařík, 2004) |
| 39. Orthochirus zagrosensis (Kovařík, 2004) |
| 40. Polisius persicus (Fet et al. 2001) |
| 41. Razianus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) |
| 42. Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) |
| 43. Sassanidotus zarudnyi (Birula, 1903) |
| 44. Vachoniolus iranus (Navidpour et al. 2008) |
| Scorpionidae |
| 45. Scorpio maurus townsendi (Pocock, 1900) |
| Hemiscorpiidae |
| 46. H. lepturus (Peters, 1862) |
| 47. Hemiscorpius acanthocercus (Monod et Lourenço, 2005) |
| 48. Hemiscorpius enischnochela (Monod et Lourenço, 2005) |
| 49. Hemiscorpius gaillardi (Vachon, 1974) |
| 50. Hemiscorpius persicus (Birula, 1903) |
| Diplocentridae |
| 51. Nebo henjamicus (Francke, 1980) |