Buthus berberensis Pocock, 1900

(Figures 5–24, 178–179, 187, 198–200, 210, Tables 1, 3)

Buthus occitanus berberensis Pocock, 1900: 56; Levy & Amitai, 1980: 16, 21 (in part); Fet & Lowe, 2000: 95 (in part, complete references list until 1998).

Buthus berberensis: Lourenço, 2008: 46; Sousa et al., 2017: 38 (in part).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somaliland; BMNH.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland, coll. Miss Gillett, 1♂ (holotype, Figs. 5–23), BMNH No. 1898.2.5.3.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland, Agabar, 09°53'04.8"N 43°57'40.9"E, 982 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 19SO, see fig. 69 in KovařÍk, 2019: 13), 9.VII.2019, 3♂ 1♀ (No. 1684), leg. F. KovařÍk & T. Mazuch, FKCP.

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 37–54 mm. Base color yellow with strong dark pattern, mainly on carina; telson orange to brown; chelicerae pale yellow, reticulated only in anterior part. Pedipalp movable fingers bear 11 rows of granules, with 11 outer and inner denticles and fixed finger with 10 outer and inner denticles. Chela of pedipalp narrower in male, its length to width ratio 3.4–3.6 in females and 4.1–4.3 in males. Telson bulbous, with aculeus shorter than vesicle. Pectinal teeth number 24–27 in females and 27–33 in males.