Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman & Šťáhlavský, František, 2024, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXX. Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part III), with description of three new species from Somaliland and occurrence of Parabuthus eritreaensis Kovařík, 2003, Euscorpius 385, pp. 1-27 : 2-4

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Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003
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Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003 View in CoL

( Figures 1–26 View Figures 1–2 View Figures 3–4 View Figures 5–8 View Figures 9–15 View Figures 16–26 , 128–129 View Figures 128–129 , Table 1)

Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003: 142–143 View in CoL , 159, figs. 10–11, table 2; KovařÍk, 2004: 18–19, fig. 6; KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 110; KovařÍk et al., 2016: 19–21, figs. 40–41, 89, 174–175, 189, 198, 204; KovařÍk et al., 2019: 10, figs. 286–287, 305.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Eritrea, Asmara env. (incorrect locality, see comment in KovařÍk et al., 2016: 19–21 and below) ; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ Eritrea, Asmara env.“, 1♂ (holotype) 1♀ (allotypic paratype), 1983, leg. Dorsak ; FKCP.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somalia (Puntland), Gardo, Migiurtina , V. 1930, 1♂, leg. M. Milano & Luppi, FKCP No. 1133; Run, 16.VIII.1969, 1♂, S.B.S ., MZUF No. 1127.

NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland, near Garadak, 09.489036°N 46.867009°E, 758 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 21SF, Fig. 2 View Figures 1–2 ), 9.X.2021, 1♀ (DNA-1995, Figs. 1 View Figures 1–2 , 3–26 View Figures 3–4 View Figures 5–8 View Figures 9–15 View Figures 16–26 , 129 View Figures 128–129 ), leg. F. KovařÍk GoogleMaps , FKCP.

DIAGNOSIS. Adults from 71.5 mm (male) to 90 mm (female) long. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown, only fourth metasomal segment and telson dark. Pectine teeth number 39 in male and 35–36 in female. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of metasoma I–II, reduced to absent in metasoma III, and absent in metasoma IV–V. Metasoma densely hirsute. Movable finger of pedipalp more than twice as long as manus, bearing 13–15 rows of granules which include both external and internal granules. Manus of pedipalp hirsute, smooth and very narrow in both sexes, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 6.13 in male and 7.22–7.23 in female. Tarsomere I of all legs with bristle-combs.

DISTRIBUTION ( Fig. 128 View Figures 128–129 ). Somalia (Puntland) and Somaliland (first report).

COMMENTS. The true distribution of the species was discussed in KovařÍk et al. (2016: 19–21): its type locality “ Eritrea, Asmara env.“ looked suspicious. According to two males in FKCP and MZUF, it rather appeared that the real distribution range of this species lies in Somalia ( Puntland ). A new confirmed locality in western Somaliland confirms distribution of the species in Somaliland and Somalia (Puntland); however, the validity of the type locality is still doubtful .

COMMENTS ON LOCALITY AND LIFE STRATEGY. The Somaliland locality 21SH is rocky semi-desert terrain at 750 m a. s. l. ( Fig. 95 View Figures 94–95 ). First author (FK) visited the locality and collected the specimen in open terrain at night by UV detection together with Parabuthus dorisae sp. n. and Pandinops cf. pugilator Pocock, 1900 .

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

MZUF

Museo Zoologico La Specola, Universita di Firenze

NEW

University of Newcastle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Parabuthus

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Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman & Šťáhlavský, František 2024
2024
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Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003: 142–143

Kovarik 2003: 142 - 143
2003
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