Parabuthus kajibu KovařÍk, Lowe

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman & Šťáhlavský, František, 2019, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXI Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part II), with description of five new species from Somaliland and Ethiopia, Euscorpius 290, pp. 1-63 : 32

Parabuthus kajibu KovařÍk, Lowe , PlÍškovÁ et ŠťÁhlavský, 2016

( Figures 269, 305, Tables 4–5)

Parabuthus kajibu KovařÍk et al., 2016: 36–41 , figs. 84–85, 104–143, 178–179, 191, 200, 204, Tables 1–2.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Ethiopia, Oromia State, West Harerge , 07°49‘12.6“N 40°31‘54“E, 918 m a.s.l. ; FKCP.

DIAGNOSIS. Adults from 55 mm to 80 mm long. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown, tergites yellow (male) or brown to black (female), fourth metasomal segment dark. Telson yellowish brown to orange. Pectine teeth number 37– 39 in males and 33–35 in females. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of first and second metasomal segments, absent in metasomal segments III–V. Metasoma densely hirsute. Metasomal segment V length/ width ratio is 1.62 in male. Dorsal carina of metasomal segment IV composed posteriorly of strong pointed granules in males. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp bear 12–13 rows of granules, all with external and internal accessory granules. Fingers of pedipalp not elongated. Fingers of pedipalps of male with inner side of base smooth, no trace of tubercle. Manus of pedipalp of male broad, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 3.52 in males and 5.25–5.45 in females. Pedipalp chela and patella smooth. Tarsomere I of legs I–III with bristle-combs.

DISTRIBUTION. Ethiopia (known only from type locality) .