Parabuthus granimanus Pocock, 1895: 311–312 Pocock, 1896: 178 KovařÍk, 2003: 144 KovařÍk, 2004: 19 KovařÍk et al., 2016: 22–23 Parabuthus granimanus fuscicauda Caporiacco, 1947: 228 KovařÍk, 2003: 144 Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXI Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part II), with description of five new species from Somaliland and Ethiopia Kovařík, František Lowe, Graeme Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Šťáhlavský, František Euscorpius 2019 290 1 63  KovařÍk et al., 2016: 22–23  4CN54 Pocock, 1895 Pocock 1895 [935,1355,1546,1571] Arachnida Buthidae Parabuthus Animalia Scorpiones 11 10 Arthropoda species granimanus  ( Figures 30–80, 290–292, 305)      Parabuthus granimanus Pocock, 1895: 311–312, pl. IX, figs. 4–4d;  Pocock, 1896: 178; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 202 (complete reference list until 2000);  KovařÍk, 2003: 144, fig. 7;  KovařÍk, 2004: 19, fig. 8;? KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 110;  KovařÍk et al., 2016: 22–23, figs. 42–49, 170– 171, 186, 196, 204).  =  Parabuthus granimanus fuscicaudaCaporiacco, 1947: 228(syn. by  KovařÍk, 2003: 144).    TYPE LOCALITY AND  TYPE REPOSITORY. Somalia(now Somaliland), Zeyla(now Zeila, in Somali Saylac, Fig. 79); BMNH.   Figures 30–33:  Parabuthus granimanus, dark colored specimens from locality 17ST. Figures 30–31. Male in dorsal (30) and ventral (31) views. Figures 32–33: Female in dorsal (32) and ventral (33) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.   Figures 34–35.  Parabuthus granimanus, light colored female from locality 18SG in dorsal (34) and ventral (35) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.   Figures 36–43:  Parabuthus granimanus, metasoma and telson, differently colored specimens. Figures 36–38. Male from locality 17ST, lateral (36), dorsal (37), and ventral (38) views. Figures 39–41. Female from locality 17ST, lateral (39), dorsal (40), and ventral (41) views. Figure 42. Male from locality 11SE, lateral view. Figure 43. Male from locality 18SG, lateral view. Scale bar: 10 mm.   Figures 44–64:  Parabuthus granimanusfrom locality 18SG, pedipalp segments. Figures 44–54. Female. Chela dorsal (44), external (45) and ventral (46) views. Patella dorsal (47), external (48) and ventral (49) views. Femur and trochanter internal (50), dorsal (51), and ventral (52) views. Movable finger (53) and fixed finger (54) dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 45–48 and 50–51. Figures 55–64. Male. Chela dorsal (55), external (56) and ventral (57) views. Patella dorsal (58), external (59) and ventral (60) views. Femur and trochanter internal (61), dorsal (62), and ventral (63) views. Movable finger (64) dentition.   Figures 65–74:  Parabuthus granimanusfrom locality 18SG. Figures 65, 67. Male, carapace and tergites I–III (65), coxosternal area and sternites III–V (67). Figures 66, 68–74. Female, carapace and tergites I–III (66), coxosternal area and sternites III–V (68), left legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect (69–72 respectively), and right chelicera ventral (73) and dorsal (74) views.  TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.  Somaliland, Zeyla, 1♂ 1♀( lectotypeand paralectotype),  BMNH.  Eritrea, dint. Elghena(Hassi Habab),  XI.-XII.1902, 1♂ 1♀( lectotypeand paralectotypeof  Parabuthus granimanus fuscicaudaCaporiacco, 1947),  MZUF, Nos548 and 549 (see comments in KovařÍk et al., 2016: 19–21). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED( FKCP). Somaliland, Berbera env., 10°22.8‘N 45°02.2‘E, 107 ma.s.l. (fig. 48 in KovařÍk et al., 2016, 11SE), 8.-10.VII.2011, 3♂ 3♀(figs. 42–49, 170– 171, 186, 196 in KovařÍk et al., 2016), leg. F. KovařÍk; near Berbera, 10°16‘01“N 45°06‘21.3“E, 367 ma.s.l. (fig. 49 in KovařÍk et al., 2016, 11SG), 10.VII.2011, 1juv.♀, leg. F. KovařÍk; Gerissa, N of Borama, 10°36‘01“N 43°26‘07“E, 245 ma.s.l., 11.-12.IX.2017( 17ST), 4♂(1319, 1334) 1♀8juvs., 3.VII.2019( 19SH), 1♂ 1♀, leg.F. KovařÍk; Maid, 11°00‘03“N 47°06‘30“E, 52 ma.s.l. ( 18SG= 17SN), 25.VIII.2018, 1♀(1553), leg. F. KovařÍk et T. Mazuch; Habas village, 10°24‘42.6“N 42°48‘40.1“E, 866 ma.s.l. ( 19SD), 30. VI.2019, 1♂( Fig. 80, 1693) 1♀(1656), leg. F. KovařÍk; Jidhi village, 10°37‘13.9“N 43°04‘09.4“E, 462 ma.s.l. ( 19SE), 1.VII.2019, 1♀(1658), leg. F. KovařÍk; 5 kmof Jidhi village, 10°35‘04“N 43°02‘16.9“E, 515 ma.s.l. ( 19SF), 1.VII.2019, 1♂2juvs. ♀(1659, 1660, 1694), leg. F. KovařÍk; near Zeyla, 11°19‘31.2“N 43°22‘16.9“E, 21 ma.s.l. ( Fig. 79,  19SG), 3.VII.2019, 1♂2juvs. (topotype, 1662), leg. F. KovařÍk.  EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. Adults from 90 mmto 120 mmlong. Base color uniformly yellow, yellowish brown, brown or black, metasoma IV–V and telson dark brown to black, darker than metasoma I–III. Pectine teeth number 42–49 inmales and 36–44 infemales. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of metasomal segments I–II, absent on third segment absent. Metasoma hirsute. Metasoma of male narrow; metasomal segment V length/ width ratio 1.95–2.05 inmale. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp bear 12–13 rows of granules, all with external and internal accessory granules. Fingers of pedipalp not elongated. Fingers of pedipalps of male with a tubercle on inner side of base. Male with chela of pedipalps broader than those of female, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 3.10–3.3 inmale. Pedipalp manus and patella strongly granulated. Tarsomere I of legs I–II with bristle-combs.  DISTRIBUTION.? Djibouti,? Ethiopia, Somaliland. [816,1063,1931,1955] LOCALITY, AND 11 10 1 holotype REPOSITORY Somalia Zeyla 11 10 1 holotype TYPE, MATERIAL, EXAMINED Somaliland Zeyla 16 15 2 1 1 lectotype 1902-11 1902-12-31 1902-11 BMNH Eritrea Elghena 16 15 2 1 1 lectotype MZUF Eritrea Nos 16 15 1 lectotype