Neobuthus awashensis Kovařík et Lowe, 2012

Lowe, Graeme & Kovařík, František, 2016, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part V. Two new species of Neobuthus Hirst, 1911 (Buthidae), from Ethiopia and Eritrea, Euscorpius 224, pp. 1-46 : 2

Neobuthus awashensis Kovařík et Lowe, 2012

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Neobuthus awashensis Kovařík & Lowe, 2012: 7–16 , figs. 5–6, 18–21, 34–38, 44–47, 67–74, 86, 89, 92, 95–96, 100–101; Kovařík et al., 2015: 30.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Ethiopia, Awash , Metahara env., 08°54' N 39°54' E, 960-1050 m a.s.l., FKCP .

TYPE MATERIAL. Ethiopia, Awash , Metahara env., 08°54' N 39°54' E, 960-1050 m a.s.l., 1♀ (paratype), 2008, leg. V. Trailin, 2♀1♀ im. (allotype and paratypes), XI.2010, leg. T. Mazuch and P. Novák, 32♂ (holotype and paratypes) 18♀ (paratypes) 11♀ ims, 5♂ ims (paratypes), 19.-22.VII.2011, leg. F. Kovařík. Most types are in the collection of the second author ( FKCP), two paratypes (♂ ♀) are in the collection of the first author ( GL) .

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Ethiopia, 11°43'22" N 40° 56'52" E, 457 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 12 EMA), 20.XI. 2012, 1♀1♀ im., leg. F. Kovařík ( UV detection), FKCP ; 11°43'30" N 40°58'45" E, 404 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 12EM), 20.XI.2012, 1♂, leg. F. Kovařík ( UV detection), FKCP; Gewane , 10°09'38" N 40°39'45" E, 631 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 12 EO), 23.XI.2012, 1♂ 1♀, leg. F. Kovařík, ( UV detection), FKCP ; 09°08'10.4" N 40°09' 45.5" E, 835 m a.s.l. ( Locality No. 12ER), 24.XI.2012, 12♂ 1♀ 1juv., leg. F. Kovařík ( UV detection), FKCP , 26.-27.XI.2014, 8♂ 2♀ 2juvs, FKCP , 3♂ 2juvs, GL , leg. F. Kovařík; Awash , Metahara env., 08°54' N 39°54' E, 960-1050 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 12 EX), 25.XI.2012, 7♂ 6♀ 5juvs., 27.-30.XI.2014, 7♂ 1♀, topotypes, leg. F. Kovařík ( UV detection), FKCP .

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. Total length 18–22 mm (males), 22.5–30 mm (females); carapace with area between anterior median carinae fuscous; tergites with fuscous pigmentation unbroken across median area; pedipalp relatively slender, males with femur L/ W 2.50 –2.70, patella L/ W 2.45 –2.70, chela L/ W 4.63 –5.08; chela movable finger with 5–6 subrows of primary denticles, 3–5 external accessory denticles flanking proximal end of each subrow; trichobothria d 2 usually absent from femur and patella; posterior margins of carapace and tergites usually bearing 2–4 macrosetae; pedipalps, legs, metasoma and telson with short, stout macrosetae in males, and long, fine setae in females; males with coxae sparsely granulated, sternites III–VI lightly shagreened to smooth, sternite VII finely granulated with 4 weak, granulated carinae; females with sternites III–VI smooth, sternite VII sparsely shagreened with 4 weak carinae, median carinae granulated; metasoma I–III with median lateral carinae present in both sexes; lateral surface of metasoma V in males densely granulated, with granules separated; soles of telotarsi with relatively sparse setation, leg III of adults with 6–9 macrosetae in retroinferior series of basitarsus, 12–19 ventral macrosetae on telotarsus; pectine teeth: 17–21 (males), 15–18 (females).