Buthus awashensis KovařÍk, 2011

Kovařík, František, Šťáhlavský, František & Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman, 2020, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXIII Buthus (Buthidae), with description of two new species, Euscorpius 307, pp. 1-32 : 3

Buthus awashensis KovařÍk, 2011

( Figures 1–4 , 176–177, 186 , 191, 195–197 , 210, Table 3 )

Buthus awashensis KovařÍk, 2011: 1–6 , figs. 5–17, 23; Sousa et al., 2017: 37.

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

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Ethiopia, Awash, Metahara env. , 08°54'N 39°54'E, 960-1050 m a. s. l., XI.2010, 2♂ (holotype and paratype), leg. T. Mazuch and P. NovÁk, FKCP, 19.-22. VII.2011, 31♂ (paratypes) 28♀ (allotype and paratypes) 25 juveniles (paratypes), FKCP, 1♂ 1♀ (paratypes), AZMM; 1♀ im.2juvs. (paratypes), BMNH, 1♀ 1juv. (paratypes), CASC; 1♀ 1juv. (paratypes), HNHM, 1♀ im. 1juv. (paratypes), MRAC , 1♂ 1♀ 1♂ im. 1juv. (paratypes), NHMB, 1♀ im. 1juv. (paratypes), RMNH, 1♂ 1♀ (paratypes), RTOC, 1♀ im. 1juv. (paratypes), ZMHB, 1♀ 1juv. (paratypes), ZMUH, leg. F. KovařÍk; Dire Dawa, 09°34.647'N 41°50.33'E, 1249 m a. s. l., XI.2010, 1♂ (paratype), leg. T. Mazuch and P. NovÁk, FKCP.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED ( FKCP). Ethiopia, 13°43'10"N 39°55'34"E, 879 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EI), 18.XI.2012, 1♂ 1♀, leg. F. KovařÍk; 11°37'02"N 40°08'34"E, 819 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EKA), 20.XI.2012, 1♀ 1juv., leg. F. KovařÍk; 11°43'22"N 40°56'52"E, 457 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EMA), 20.XI.2012, 1juv., leg. F. KovařÍk (UV detection); 11°43'30"N 40°58'45"E, 404 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EM), 20.XI.2012, 3juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk (UV detection); Gewane , 10°09'38"N 40°39'45"E, 631 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EO), 23.XI.2012, 5♂ 8♀ 41juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk, (UV detection); 09°08'10.4"N 40°09'45.5"E, 835 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12ER), 24.XI.2012, 1♀, leg. F. KovařÍk; Awash , 09°00'34.5"N 40°17'56.5"E, 1012 m. a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EW), 25.XI.2012, 1♀, leg. F. KovařÍk; Awash, Metahara env., 08°54'N 39°54'E, 960-1050 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EX), 25.XI.2012, 1♂ 1♀ 3juvs. (290), topotypes, leg. F. KovařÍk; Afar State, 09°08'10.4"N 40°09'45.5"E, 835 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 14ET = 12ER), 26.-27.XI.2014, 2♂ 5juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk; Afar State, Shewa Province , 20km N Awash, 09°11'52"N 40°08'04"E, 788 m a. s. l., 2. VI.2015, 4♂ 3♀ 15juvs., leg. Pavel Kučera, 27.-30.XI.2014, 1♀ 4juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk; Afar State, Shewa Province , 10km N Metahara, 08°57'01"N 39°50'30"E, 980 m a. s. l., 5. VI.2015, 1♀, leg. Pavel Kučera.

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 45–62 mm. Mesosoma and carapace dark (grey to black) with orange spots and median black strip. Base color of metasoma, pedipalps ad legs yellow or yellowish red with dark spots, reticulations and dark carinae; telson yellow; chelicerae pale yellow, reticulated only in anterior part. Pedipalp movable fingers bear 11–12 rows of granules, obviously with 12 outer and inner denticles and fixed finger with 11 outer and inner denticles. Sexual dimorphism minor; chela of pedipalp narrow in both sexes, its length to width ratio 3.5–4.3 in females and 4.1– 4.8 in males. Telson bulbous, with aculeus shorter than vesicle. Pectinal teeth number 23–28 in females and 30–35 in males.

Figures

Figures 1–4: Buthus awashensis. Figures 2–3. Male paratopotype in dorsal (1) and ventral (2) views. Figures 3–4. Female paratopotype in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Scale bars: 10 mm.

Figures 176–190: Comparison of pdipalp chela (176, 178, 180, 182, 184), pedipalp patella (177, 179, 181, 183, 185), and telson (186–190) of males of Buthus. Figures 176–177, 186. B. awashensis, holotype. Figures 178–179, 187. B. berberensis from locality 19SO. Figures 180–181, 188. B. pococki sp. n., holotype. Figures 182–183, 189. B. somalilandus sp. n., holotype. Figures 184–185, 190. B. zeylensis from locality 19SH.

Figures 195–209: Male mitotic metaphases (195, 198, 201, 204, 207), postpachytenes (196, 199, 202, 205, 208) and ideograms (197, 200, 203, 206, 206) (y axis - % of the diploid chromosome length, dark grey marks chromosomes in multivalent association) of Buthus species from the Horn of Africa. Figures 195–197. B. awashensis, topotype from locality 12EX (2n=22, 6II+CX), Figures 198–200. B. berberensis from locality 19SO (2n=21, 9II+CIII), Figures 201–203. B. pococki sp. n., paratopotype (2n=22, 11II), Figures 204–206. B. pococki sp. n., paratype from locality 19SN (2n=22, 11II), Figures 207–209. B. zeylensis from locality 19SH (2n=22, 11II). Arrows show chromosomes in multivalent association during postpachytene. Asterisks show extra-large chromosome from multivalents. Arrowheads indicate large chromosome pair. Scale bar: 10 μm (195–196, 198–199, 201–202, 204–205, 207–208).