Compsobuthus vannii Rossi, 2017

Kovařík, František & Lowe, Graeme, 2022, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXVIII Scorpions of Djibouti, Euscorpius 357, pp. 1-31 : 5

Compsobuthus vannii Rossi, 2017

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Buthus acutecarinatus abyssinicus: Werner, 1916: 79–80 ; Lampe, 1918: 190.

Compsobuthus acutecarinatus abyssinicus: El-Hennawy, 1992: 122 (in part); Kovařík, 1998: 109 (in part).

Compsobuthus abyssinicus: Fet & Lowe, 2000: 124 (in part); Kovařík & Ojanguren Affilastro, 2013: 146–147 (in part); Kovařík, 2018: 2 (in part);

Compsobuthus vannii Rossi, 2017 (2016) : 3–5, figs. 1–2.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Djibouti, Tadjoura Province, Bankoualé , 11°49'N 42°40'E (11.82°N 42.67°E) ; MZUF.

DJIBOUTI MATERIAL EXAMINED ( FKCP). Djibouti, Arta Province, Arta, 11.5286°N 42.8508°E, 690 m a. s. l., 26.XI.2010 , 2juvs. (No. 4711), leg. J. Lips; Arta Province, Arta plage, 11.5857°N 42.8286°E, 24.XII.2020 , 1juv. (No. 23107), leg. J. Lips; Djibouti Province, Goubetto, 11.4182°N 42.9059°E, 560 m a. s. l., 26.I.2022 , 1♂ 1juv. (No. 25588), leg. J. Lips; Tadjourah Province, Ditillou , 11.781°N 42.6934°E, 665 m a. s. l., 11. III.2001, 1.juv. (No. 4936), 6.XI.2011, 2♂ 3juvs, (No. 6697), 27. VI.2014, 1♀ (No. 9903), 27. VI.2014, 1♀ (No. 9897), leg. J. Lips; Tadjourah Province, Day, 11.7813°N 42.6408°E, 1490 m a. s. l., 24.I.2013 , 1♂ ( Figs. 21–22 , 25, 27–29 , 33, 35 , 41– 51 , No. 7196), leg. J. Lips; Tadjourah Province, Abourma , 11.8941°N 42.4877°E, 800 m a. s. l., 27.XII.2013 , 1♀ ( Figs. 23–24 , 26, 30–32 , 34, 36–40 , 52–62 ) 1juv. (No. 8500), leg. J. Lips; Barra Yer (Petit Barre), 11.31°N 42.71°E (11°18'33.56"N 42°42'39.17"E), 585 m. a. s. l., I. 2017 , 1♂ 2juvs., leg. R. Štarha .

COMMENTS. Rossi (2017) described Compsobuthus vannii from Djibouti in a paper titled “Complementi alla fauna del Corno d’Africa: famiglia Buthidae C. L. Koch, 1837 (Scorpiones) , con la descrizione di tre nuove specie” in his self-published journal Rivista Aracnologica Italiana. This journal issue was publically accessible (i.e., published) in March 2017, but was falsely pre-dated 14 July 2016 (cf. Kovařík et al., 2019: 19).

DISTRIBUTION. Djibouti.

Figures

Figure 113. Confirmed geographic distribution of scorpions in Djibouti. Maps created in Google Maps (2022).

Figures 21–24: Compsobuthus vannii, Djibouti. Figures 21–22. Male from Tadjourah Province, Day, 11.7813°N 42.6408°E, 1490 m a. s. l., dorsal (21) and ventral (22) views. Figures 23–24. Female from Tadjourah Province, Abourma, 11.8941°N 42.4877°E, 800 m a. s. l., dorsal (23) and ventral (24) views. Scale bars: 10 mm (21–22, 23–24).

Figures 25–32: Compsobuthus vannii, Djibouti. Figures 25, 27–29. Male from Tadjourah Province, Day, 11.7813°N 42.6408°E, 1490 m a. s. l., telson lateral (25), metasoma and telson, lateral (27), dorsal (28), and ventral (29) views. Figures 26, 30–32. Female from Tadjourah Province, Abourma, 11.8941°N 42.4877°E, 800 m a. s. l., telson lateral 26), metasoma and telson, lateral (30), dorsal (31), and ventral (32) views. Scale bars: 10 mm (27–29, 30–32).

Figures 33–40: Compsobuthus vannii, Djibouti. Figures 33, 35. Male from Tadjourah Province, Day, 11.7813°N 42.6408°E, 1490 m a. s. l., carapace and tergitesI–III (33), sternopectinalregion and sternites (35).Figures 34, 37–40. Female from Tadjourah Province,Abourma,11.8941°N 42.4877°E, 800 m a. s. l., carapace and tergites I–III (34), sternopectinal region and sternite III (36), and left legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect (37–40).

Figures 41–62. Compsobuthus vannii, Djibouti. Figures 41–51. Male from Tadjourah Province, Day, 11.7813°N 42.6408°E, 1490 m a. s. l. Figures 52–62. Female from Tadjourah Province, Abourma, 11.8941°N 42.4877°E, 800 m a. s. l. Figures 41–62. Pedipalp segments. Chela in dorsal (41, 52), external (42, 53) and ventral (43, 54) views. Patella in dorsal (44, 55) and external (45, 56) views. Femur and trochanter in dorsal (47, 58), internal (48, 59) and ventral (49, 60) views. Movable (50, 61) and fixed (51, 62) fingers dentation.