Buthus, Leach, 1815

Kovařík, František, Šťáhlavský, František & Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman, 2020, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXIII Buthus (Buthidae), with description of two new species, Euscorpius 307, pp. 1-32 : 31

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Key to the species of Buthus View in CoL in the Horn of Africa

1. Telson orange to brown ( Figs. 193–194 View Figures 191–194 ). ....................... 3

– Telson yellow ( Figs. 191–192 View Figures 191–194 ). ....................................... 2

2. Mesosoma, legs, and pedipalps with strong dark pattern ( Figs. 176–177 View Figures 176–190 ). Chelicerae pale yellow, reticulated only in anterior part.. .................. B. awashensis KovařÍk, 2011 View in CoL

– Base color yellow, dark pattern reduced ( Figs. 180–181 View Figures 176–190 ). Chelicerae pale yellow without reticulation....................... ................................................................. B. pococki View in CoL sp. n.

3. Mesosoma, legs, and mainly pedipalps with strong dark pattern ( Figs. 178–179 View Figures 176–190 ). Chelicerae pale yellow, reticulated only in anterior part. ............ B. berberensis Pocock, 1900 View in CoL

– Base color yellow, dark pattern reduced ( Figs. 182–185 View Figures 176–190 ). Chelicerae pale yellow without reticulation.................... 4

4. Telson brown ( Fig. 194 View Figures 191–194 ). Movable pedipalp finger with 12 outer and inner denticles and fixed finger with 10–11 outer and inner denticles. .................. B. zeylensis Pocock, 1900 View in CoL

– Telson orange ( Fig. 193 View Figures 191–194 ). Movable pedipalp finger with 11 outer and inner denticles and fixed finger with 9 outer and 10 inner denticles. ........................ B. somalilandus View in CoL sp. n.

References

KOVARIK, F. 2011. Buthus awashensis sp. n. from Ethiopia (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Euscorpius, 128: 1 - 6.

POCOCK, R. I. 1900. On a collection of insects and arachnids made in 1895 and 1897 by Mr. C. A. V. Peel, F. Z. S. in Somaliland, with descriptions of new species. 10. General list of the scorpions of Somaliland and the Boran Country. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1900: 55 - 63.

Figures

Figures 191–194: Buthus, in vivo habitus. Figure 191. B. awashensis, female paratype. Figure 192. B. pococki sp. n., male paratype. Figure 193. B. somalilandus sp. n., female, paratype. Figure 194. B. zeylensis from locality 19SH.

Figures 176–190: Comparison of pdipalp chela (176, 178, 180, 182, 184), pedipalp patella (177, 179, 181, 183, 185), and telson (186–190) of males of Buthus. Figures 176–177, 186. B. awashensis, holotype. Figures 178–179, 187. B. berberensis from locality 19SO. Figures 180–181, 188. B. pococki sp. n., holotype. Figures 182–183, 189. B. somalilandus sp. n., holotype. Figures 184–185, 190. B. zeylensis from locality 19SH.