Parabuthus abyssinicus Pocock, 1901

Kovařík, František & Lowe, Graeme, 2022, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXVIII Scorpions of Djibouti, Euscorpius 357, pp. 1-31 : 19

Parabuthus abyssinicus Pocock, 1901

( Figures 83–86 , 113 )

Parabuthus abyssinicus Pocock, 1901: 1 ; Kovařík et al., 2016b: 12–19, figs. 1–6, 8–27, 166–167, 171, 181, 193, 204, Table 1; Kovařík et al., 2019: 2, figs. 1–4, 274–277, 305, table 5.

Parabuthus liosoma abyssinicus: Kraepelin, 1913: 172 .

Parabuthus leiosoma abyssinicus: Fet & Lowe, 2000: 206 (complete reference list until 2000).

= Parabuthus liosoma dmitrievi Birula, 1903: 113 (syn. by Kovařík, 2003: 144).

Parabuthus liosoma dimitrivi: Borelli, 1925: 12–13 .

Parabuthus liosoma dmitrievi: Fet & Lowe, 2000: 206 (complete reference list until 2000).

Parabuthus leiosoma (in part): Fet & Lowe, 2000: 205–206 (complete reference list until 2000); Kovařík, 2003: 144, figs 8–9; Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 110–111.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Ethiopia, Abyssinia, Shoa (= now Ethiopia, Shewa Province); BMNH .

DJIBOUTI MATERIAL EXAMINED ( FKCP). Djibouti, Tadjourah Province, Day , 11.77°N 42.65°E, 1. VI.1990, 1♀, 14.VII.1990, 1♂ ; Djibouti Province, Djibouti, 11.5137°N 43.1884°E, 6 m a. s. l., 12.XII.2013, 1juv. (No. 10334), leg. J. Lips ; Djibouti Province, 11.4182°N 42.9059°E, 560 m a. s. l., Goubetto, 26.I.2022, 1juv. (No. 25588), leg. J. Lips ; Djibouti Province, Goubetto , 11.4640°N 43.0341°E, 240 m a. s. l., 26.I.2022, 1juv. (No. 25598), leg. J. Lips ; Tadjourah Province, Randa , 11.4182°N 42.6413°E, 1020 m a. s. l., 31.I.2022, 1im. ♂ (No. 25584), leg. J. Lips.

DISTRIBUTION. Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland,? Sudan ( Fig. 113 , fig. 305 in Kovařík et al., 2019: 61).

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

Figures 83–86: Parabuthus abyssinicus, Somaliland, Borama, campus Amound University, 09°56'49"N 43°13'23"E, 1394 m a. s. l. Figures 83–84. Male, dorsal (83) and ventral (84) views. Figures 85–86. Female, dorsal (85) and ventral (86) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.