Neobuthus berberensis Hirst, 1911

Kovařík, František & Lowe, Graeme, 2012, Review of the genus Neobuthus Hirst, 1911 with description of a new species from Ethiopia (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 138, pp. 1-25 : 3

Neobuthus berberensis Hirst, 1911

( Figs. 1–2, 9–17, 22–27, 39–40, 48, 72)

Neobuthus berberensis Hirst, 1911: 462 ; Borelli, 1919: 361, 365; Borelli, 1931: 219; Werner, 1934: 270; Caporiacco, 1937: 360; Moriggi, 1941: 90; Bücherl, 1971: 326; Lamoral & Reynders, 1975: 513; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 186; Lourenço, 2001: 178, 179; Lourenço, 2005: 27; Lourenço & Qi, 2006: 91.

Butheolus (Neobuthus) berberensis El-Hennawy, 1992: 97 , 115.

Butheolus ferrugineus: Kovařík, 2003: 137 (in part); Kovařík, 2004: 4 (in part); Kovařík & Mazuch, 2011: 5.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. Somaliland, Berbera; BMNH.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland, Berbera, 1♀ (holotype), BMNH No. 1906.3.25.125, leg. G.W. Bury .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland, Berbera env., 10°22.8'N 45°02.2'E, 107 m a.s.l. ( Figs. 9 and 13), 8.-10.VII.2011, 1♂1♂ im. 2♀1♀ im. 1juv. (topotypes), leg. F. Kovařík, FKCP .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 20–21 mm (males) and 27–30 mm (females); carapace densely granulated with only anterior median carinae developed, area between these carinae yellow to orange; anterior margin of carapace straight or slightly convex; pectine teeth 14–16 in females, 18–20 in males; sternites III–VI without carinae; sternite VII more strongly granulated without carinae in males, with four incomplete carinae in females; pedipalps including trochanter yellow with a dark spot only on external surfaces of femur and patella, without dark setae; one dark macroseta may be preset on trochanter; femur and chela of pedipalp may bear only a few solitary long, thin setae (females) or long spiniform setae (males) on ventral and internal surfaces; metasomal segment V with less than 5 setae; legs I–III with bristle combs composed of long thin setae (females) or long spiniform setae (males); movable finger of pedipalp bearing 5–6 rows of denticles, with external and internal accessory denticles, and three distal denticles; pedipalp femur length to width ratio 2.35 in females and 2.5 in male.