Pandinops pococki (Kovařík, 2000)

Kovařík, František, 2016, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VIII. Pandinops Birula, 1913 (Scorpionidae) with description of two new species, Euscorpius 229, pp. 1-20 : 13

Pandinops pococki (Kovařík, 2000)

( Figs. 5–7, 67, 69)

Pandinus (Pandinops) pococki Kovařík, 2000: 2–4 , figs. 1–2; Kovařík, 2003: 151; Kovařík, 2009: 53, 118, figs. 297, 325–327.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somalia, near Geriban ; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somalia, near Geriban (Jirriiban), ca 7º20'N 48º39'E (in description coordinates given incorrectly) , VI.1980, 1♂ (holotype, Figs. 5–7, 67), FKCP.

DIAGNOSIS: Male holotype 93 mm long, female unknown. Base color uniformly reddish brown to black. Carapace covered by large granules, only middle part is smooth. External trichobothria on patella number 13–14 (5 eb, 2–3 esb, 2 em, 1 est, 3 et); ventral trichobothria on patella number 31–33; internal trichobothria on chela number 8, ventral trichobothria on chela number 12–13. Pedipalp chela hirsute densely. Pedipalp chela dorsally covered by tubercles/granules which locally indicated carinae but do not attain shape of pointed granules. Chela internal bumpy, sparsely granulated with two longitudinal carinae indicated by 8–10 granules. Chela of male length/ width ratio is 1.92. Pectinal teeth number 16–17 in male holotype, female unknown. Sternite VII bears numerous granules without carinae. Metasomal segments I–V ventrally densely granulated; metasomal segments I–IV ventrally without carinae. Spiniform formula of tarsomere II = 3/4: 3/4: 3/5: 3/5. Tarsomere II with 2 spines on inclined anteroventral surface. Length to width ratio of male metasomal segment V is 2.28.