Pandinops eritreaensis (Kovařík, 2003)

Kovařík, František, 2016, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VIII. Pandinops Birula, 1913 (Scorpionidae) with description of two new species, Euscorpius 229, pp. 1-20 : 6

Pandinops eritreaensis (Kovařík, 2003)

( Figs. 1–4, 63, 69)

Pandinus (Pandinops) eritreaensis Kovařík, 2003: 149– 150 , fig. 16; Kovařík, 2009: 53, 117, figs. 295, 312– 316.

Type locality and type repository. Eritrea, Asmara env .; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Eritrea, Asmara env., 1983, leg. Dorsak, 1♂ (holotype, Figs. 1–4, 63 and figs. 295, 312–316 in Kovařík , 2009: 117) , FKCP.

DIAGNOSIS. Male holotype 73 mm long. Base color uniformly brown to reddish brown. Carapace smooth in middle, several granules sparsely along margins. External trichobothria on patella number 14 (5 eb, 3 esb, 2 em, 1 est, 3 et); ventral trichobothria on patella number 26; internal trichobothria on chela number 6–7, ventral trichobothria on chela number 11–12. Pedipalp chela hirsute rather sparsely. Pedipalp chela dorsally tuberculated/granulated, lobe of manus smooth. Chela internal sparsely granulate and with 2 short keels, each with less than 10 granules. Chela of male lobate, length/ width ratio is 1.56. Pectinal teeth number 16 in male, female unknown. Metasomal segments I–II ventrally uneven but without granules, III–V granulated; metasomal segments I–IV with ventral carinae indicated only. Spiniform formula of tarsomere II = 3/4: 3/4: 3/5: 3/5.Tarsomere II with 2 spines on inclined anteroventral surface. Length to width ratio of male metasomal segment V is 2.