Pandinus (Pandinurus) magrettii Borelli, 1901

Kovařík, František, 2012, Review of the subgenus Pandinurus Fet, 1997 with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae, Pandinus), Euscorpius 141, pp. 1-22 : 3

Pandinus (Pandinurus) magrettii Borelli, 1901

( Figs. 1–8, 64)

Pandinus magrettii Borelli, 1901: 1 ; Birula, 1928: 85 (in part).

Pandinus (Pandinurus) magrettii: Vachon, 1974: 953 ; Lamoral & Reynders, 1975: 566 (in part); Kovařík, 1998: 140; Fet, 2000: 471 (in part); Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 114; Kovařík, 2009: 54, figs. 300, 339–346, 418– 419 (in part).

= Brotheas hirsutus L. Koch, 1875: 8 (syn. by Kraepelin, 1894: 70; Kovařík, 2003: 151).

= Scorpio africanus subtypicus Kraepelin, 1894: 69 (syn. by Kovařík, 2003: 151).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Eritrea, Keren ; MSNM.

DIAGNOSIS: Total length 90–110 mm. Chela of pedipalp bears 10–11 ventral trichobothria. Color of adults uniformly reddish black, legs yellow to yellowish, always lighter-colored than body. Pectinal teeth number 18–21. Dorsal surface of manus tuberculate. Dorsal carinae on fourth metasomal segment without discrete denticles. Chela internal with two longitudinal carinae covered by several granules. Movable finger of pedipalp and length of segments of pedipalp without sexual dimorphism. Male has bigger telson than female. Movable fingers of pedipalps do not show any noticeable sexual dimorphism. Tarsomere II with 3 spines on inclined anteroventral surface. Spination formula of tarsomere II = 6/4: 6-7/4-5: 6-7/4-5: 6-7/4-5. Tarsomere I of all legs with spina distal prosuperior (see red arrow on Fig. 59).