Gint Kovařík, Lowe, Plíšková et Šťáhlavský, 2013

Kovařík, František & Lowe, Graeme, 2019, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XVIII Gint banfasae sp n from Somaliland (Buthidae), Euscorpius 272, pp. 1-14 : 1-5

Gint Kovařík, Lowe, Plíšková et Šťáhlavský, 2013

( Figs. 1–62 , Table 1 )

Buthus (Buthacus) (in part): Birula, 1917: 21.

Buthacus (in part): Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973: 125; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 81; Kovařík, 2005: 1.

Gint Kovařík et al., 2013: 1–18 , figs. 1–4, 6–71; Kovařík & Mazuch, 2015: 1–23, figs. 1–89;? Rossi, 2015: 53–63, figs. 1–10; Kovařík et al., 2018: 1–41, figs. 1–202, tables 1–3; Kovařík, 2018: 1–9, figs. 1–42, table 1.

TYPE SPECIES. Gint gaitako Kovařík et al., 2013 .

ETYMOLOGY. Gint (masculine) means scorpion in Amharian, the official language of Ethiopia.

DISTRIBUTION ( Fig. 62 ). Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland.

DIAGNOSIS. Total length up to 25 mm (male) or 50 mm (female); carapace trapezoidal, in lateral view preocular area not distinctly inclined towards anterior margin, level with or higher than postocular area; surface of carapace densely granular, with only anterior median carinae developed; ventral aspect of cheliceral fixed finger with two denticles ( Fig. 51 ); tergites densely granular, with three carinae of which lateral pair on I and II are inconspicuous; sternites III–VI with finely micro-denticulate posterior margins, lacking larger noncontiguous denticles; pectinal tooth number 19–31; pectines with fulcra, hirsute; hemispermatophore with flagellum separated from a 3-lobed sperm hemiduct, and with a projecting, scoop- or hook-like basal lobe; metasomal segments I–III with 8–10 carinae; metasoma I ventrally smooth, lacking ventromedial carinae; metasoma V with enlarged ‘lobate’ dentition on ventrolateral carinae which may be reduced; telson rather elongate (except for G. maidensis ), vesicle with moderate posterior slope, not sharply inclined or truncated, lacking subaculear tubercle, aculeus shorter than vesicle; all segments of metasoma and pedipalps sparsely hirsute, with long setae in both sexes, dentate margin of movable finger of pedipalp with 8–10 rows of granules, each with one external and one internal accessory granule, 5–6 terminal granules (4–5 subterminal and one distal terminal); trichobothrial pattern orthobothriotaxic type A; dorsal trichobothria of femur arranged in β- configuration; pedipalp patella with 7 external trichobothria; patella trichobothrium d 3 internal to dorsomedian carina; tibial spurs present on legs III–IV.

SUBORDINATE TAXA. Gint amoudensis Kovařík et al., 2018 ; Gint banfasae sp. n.; Gint calviceps (Pocock, 1900) ; Gint childsi Kovařík, 2018 ; Gint dabakalo Kovařík et Mazuch, 2015 ; Gint gaitako Kovařík et al., 2013 ; Gint gubanensis Kovařík et al., 2018 ; Gint maidensis Kovařík et al., 2018 ; Gint puntlandus Kovařík et Mazuch, 2015 . For species described by Rossi (2015) see Kovařík et al. (2018: 12).

Figures

Figure 62: Map showing confirmed distribution of Gint spp.

Figures 1–4: Gint banfasae sp. n. Figures 1–2. Holotype male, dorsal (1) and ventral (2) views. Figures 3–4. Paratype female, dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 5–12: Gint banfasae sp. n. Figures 5, 7. Holotype male, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (5) and sternopectinal region and sternites (7). Figures 6, 8, 9–12. Paratype female, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (6), sternopectinal region and sternites (8), distal segments of right legs I–IV, retrolateral views (9–12).

Figures 13–32: Gint banfasae sp. n. Figures 13–21. Holotype male. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (13), external (14), and ventrointernal (15) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (16), external (17), and ventral (18) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internal (19), ventral (20) and dorsal (21) views. Figures 22–32. Paratype female. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (22), external (23), and ventrointernal (24) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (25), external (26), and ventral (27) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internal (28), ventral (29) and dorsal (30) views. Pedipalp chela, movable (31) and fixed (32) fingers dentate margin. The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 14–17, 19, 21 (white circles).

Figures 33–40: Gint banfasae sp. n. Figures 33, 38–40. Holotype male, metasoma V and telson lateral view (33), metasoma and telson, lateral (38), ventral (39), and dorsal (40) views. Figures 34–37. Paratype female, metasoma V and telson lateral view (34), metasoma and telson, lateral (35), ventral (36), and dorsal (37) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (35–40).

Figures 41–42: Gint banfasae sp. n. paratype male, carapace and tergites (41), coxosternal area and sternites (42). UV fluorescence. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Figures 43–49: Gint banfasae sp. n., paratype male. Figures 43–45. Metasoma and telson dorsal (43), lateral (44) and ventral (45) views. Scale bar: 2 mm. Figures 46–49. Left pedipalp, dorsal (46), external (47), ventral (48) and internal (49) views.. Scale bar: 1 mm UV fluorescence.

Figures 50–57: Gint banfasae sp. n., paratype males. Figures 50–52. Right chelicera, dorsal (50) and ventral (51) views, and ventral view under UV fluorescence (52). Scale bar: 400 µm. Figures 53–57. Paratype 1531. Left hemispermatophore: capsule region in posterior (53), convex compressed (54), convex (55) and anterior (56) views; whole hemispermatophore, convex view (57). Scale bars: 200 µm, 500 µm.

Figures 58-59: Gint banfasae sp. n., two male paratypes in vivo habitus, photograph of animal on natural substrate in the field at the collection site (58), and image taken in the laboratory with dark contrast stone background (59).

Figures 60–61: Gint banfasae sp. n., type locality.