Pandinoides Fet, 1997

Prendini, Lorenzo, 2016, Redefinition And Systematic Revision Of The East African Scorpion Genus Pandinoides (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) With Critique Of The Taxonomy Of Pandinus, Sensu Lato, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (407), pp. 1-66 : 8

Key to Identification of the Species of Pandinoides Fet, 1997

1. Total adult body length 60–78 mm, carapace length 10–13 mm, chela length 14–19 mm; pedipalp with 74–82 trichobothria: patella with 39–45 trichobothria, including 22–28 v trichobothria; chela fixed finger (adult ♂), proximal lobe present, similar in size to medial lobe; little to no gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed (adult ♂); pectinal tooth count, 11–13, usually 12 (♂), 10–12, usually 11 (♀); basitarsi III, prolateral t and st macrosetae setiform, IV, prolateral t setiform, st spiniform ................. P. duffmackayi , sp. nov.

– Total adult body length 87–123 mm, carapace length 15–19 mm, chela length 21–32 mm; pedipalp with 83–93 trichobothria: patella with 47–55 trichobothria, including 30–38 v trichobothria; chela fixed finger (adult ♂), proximal lobe slightly to markedly smaller than medial lobe, or absent, moderate to prominent gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed; pectinal tooth count, 13–16, usually 14 (♂), 12–15, usually 13 or 14 (♀); basitarsi III and IV, prolateral t and st macrosetae spiniform ................................. 2

2. Color in life, usually brownish black; median ocular tubercle, distance from anterior carapace margin 51%–56% of carapace length; metasoma 52%–56% (♂), 49%–53% (♀) of total length, segments IV and V, summed lengths 115%–130% (♂), 107%–120% (♀) of carapace length ; carapace interocular and circumocular surfaces granular anterior to median ocular tubercle, along median longitudinal sulcus, and on frontal lobes; metasomal segment IV, ventrosubmedian carinae costate; chela manus height 59%–73% (♂), 66%–76% (♀) of width, length along retroventral carina 56%–63% (♂), 58%–67% (♀) of width; chela fixed finger (adult ♂), proximal lobe present but slightly smaller than medial lobe, moderate gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed …………………...…. P. cavimanus

– Color in life, yellowish brown or reddish brown; median ocular tubercle, distance from anterior carapace margin 46%–52% of carapace length; metasoma 46%–52% (♂), 42%–50% (♀) of total length, segments IV and V, summed lengths 98%–117% (♂), 87%–105% (♀) of carapace length ; carapace interocular and circumocular surfaces smooth or with few granules anterior to ocular tubercle; metasomal segment IV, ventrosubmedian carinae granular; chela manus height 49%– 68% (♂), 64%–73% (♀) of width, length along retroventral carina 64%–76% (♂), 62%–72% (♀) of width; chela fixed finger (adult ♂), proximal lobe vestigial, much smaller than medial lobe, or absent, prominent gap proximally between fixed and movable fingers, when closed........ P. militaris