Revision and taxonomic position of genera Afghanorthochirus Lourenço & Vachon, Baloorthochirus Kova ík, Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock, Orthochiroides Kova ík, Pakistanorthochirus Lourenço, and Asian Orthochirus Karsch, with descriptions of twelve new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)
Author
Kovařík, Baloorthochirus becvari
Author
1996
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Euscorpius
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Butheolus ferrugineus
Kraepelin, 1898
Butheolus ferrugineus
Kraepelin, 1898: 43
; Kraepelin, 1899: 37; Kraepelin, 1901: 267; Weidner, 1959: 99; Pérez Minnocci, 1974: 20; Vachon, 1980: 255; Kovařík, 1998: 105; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 88; Lourenço, 2001: 177; Kovařík, 2003: 137.
=
Neobuthus berberensis
Hirst, 1911: 462
;
Borelli, 1919: 365
;
Borelli, 1931: 219
; Werner, 1934: 270; Moriggi, 1941: 90;
Caporiacco, 1947: 232
; Probst, 1973: 329; Lamoral & Reynders, 1975: 513; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 186; Lourenço, 2001: 178, 179 (syn. by Kovařík, 2003: 137).
Butheolus (Neobuthus) berberensis
: El-Hennawy, 1992: 115
; Kovařík, 1998: 105.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
REPOSITORY.
Tadjura Bay
,
Golf of Aden
,
Djibouti
;
ZMUH
.
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Djibouti
,
Gulf of Aden
,
Tadjura
Bay
,
1♂
A (
holotype
),
ZMUH
.
Somalia
, Berbera,
1♀
A (
holotype
of
Neobuthus berberensis
Hirst, 1911
),
BMNH
No.
1906.3.25.125, purchased
G. W. Bury
.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Somalia
,
Chisimaio
,
VI. 1980
,
1♀
E, leg.
Dorsak
,
FKCP
.
DIAGNOSIS: First to fourth metasomal segments ventrally with two median carinae and more or less granulated. Fifth metasomal segment ventrally with median carina and granulated. Metasoma, mesosoma, legs and pedipalps yellow. Movable fingers bear 6 to 8 rows of granules that have internal and external granules. Chela of pedipalp dorsally smooth, without strong carinae. Tarsomere I of first to third legs with bristlecombs, tarsomere I of fourth legs without bristlecombs.
DISTRIBUTION.
Djibouti
(Kraepelin, 1898: 43),
Somalia
(
Hirst, 1911: 464
). Since its taxonomic position is questionable and it can be easily confused with other species, namely of the genus
Butheolus
, I consider its occurrence unproven also in
Eritrea
(
Borelli, 1931: 219
).