Babycurus Karsch, 1886

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Seiter, Michael, Plíšková, Jana & Šťáhlavský, František, 2015, Scorpions of Ethiopia (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part II. Genus Babycurus Karsch, 1886 (Buthidae), with description of two new species, Euscorpius 196, pp. 1-31 : 1

Genus Babycurus Karsch, 1886

DIAGNOSIS. Medium to large buthids, adults 22.5–100 mm; carapace granular, lacking distinct carinae, flat, subrectangular with concave anterior margin; median eyes on low ocular tubercle in anterior half of carapace; anterior, central and posterior median furrows distinct, connected by median groove running over ocular tubercle; sternum type 1, triangular in shape; tergites I– VI granular, with single median carina which may be obsolete on I–II; tergite VII with 5 carinae; metasoma elongate, segment I with 10 carinae; segments II-IV with 8 carinae, lacking lateral median carina; metasoma V convex, sometimes dilated, carinae present or obsolete; telson ellipsoidal or pyriform in shape, with distinct subaculear tooth; pectines with fulcra; chelicerae with typical buthid dentition, fixed finger armed with two denticles on ventral surface; pedipalps orthobothriotaxic, type Aβ, femur trichobothrium d 2 internal, patella d 3 external to dorsomedian carina, chela db in distal half of fixed finger; chela manus smooth, with carinae reduced or obsolete; dentate margins of chela fingers armed with linear rows of principal denticles; rows non-imbricated or conspicuously imbricated and overlapping, flanked internally by single enlarged accessory denticle, and externally by single or double external accessory denticles; movable finger with two enlarged subdistal internal denticles, flanked externally by short apical row of denticles; pedipalp chelae sexually dimorphic: males with dilated manus, fingers with proximally flexed dentate margins, denticles of proximal rows bicuspid; tibial spurs absent on leg III, present on leg IV, tibia and tarsus III–IV without bristle combs; ventral surfaces of of tarsi equipped with two rows of setae; ungues stout .