Review of the genus Babycurus Karsch, 1886 (Arachnida, Scorpiones, Buthidae), with descriptions of Barbaracurus gen. n. and two new species from Oman and Yemen Author Kovařík, František P. O. Box 27, CZ- 145 01 Praha 45, Czech Republic; www. scorpio.cz Author Lowe, Graeme Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 3308, USA Author Šťáhlavský, František Department of Zoology, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ- 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic text Euscorpius 2018 2018-12-31 267 1 41 journal article 55550 10.5281/zenodo.6544157 6cab72d7-5386-4122-8f98-dfd97678ebf6 1536-9307 6544157 6580A0C7-E18D-4B06-A158-522F089CEAF5 Barbaracurus sofomarensis ( Kovařík, Lowe, Seiter, Plíšková et Šťáhlavský, 2015 ) comb . n . ( Figures 2 , 26, 34 , 50–53 , 72–73 , 265 ) Babycurus sofomarensis Kovařík et al., 2015: 5–30 , figs. 46–55, 58–61, 64–65, 67–77, 87–102, 123, table 2. Figures 118–127: Barbaracurus somalicus comb . n . from Somaliland, locality 17SR. Figures 118 , 120 , 122–124 . Male, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (118), sternopectinal region and sternites III–V (120), metasoma and telson, lateral (122), dorsal (123), and ventral (124) views. Figures 119 , 121 , 1 25–127 . Female, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (119), sternopectinal region and sternites III–V (121), metasoma and telson, lateral (125), dorsal (126), and ventral (127) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (122–127). Figures 128–142: Barbaracurus somalicus comb . n . from Somaliland, locality 17SR. Figures 128–133 . Male, pedipalp chela, dorsal (128), external (129), and ventral (130) views, pedipalp patella, dorsal (131), external (132) and ventral (133) views. Figures 134–142 . Female, pedipalp chela, dorsal (134), external (135), and ventral (136) views, pedipalp patella, dorsal (137), external (138) and ventral (139) views, pedipalp femur and trochanter internal (140) and dorsal (141) views, pedipalp movable finger dentate margin (142). The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 135–138 and 140–141 (white circles). Figures 143–144: Barbaracurus somalicus comb . n . , in vivo habitus. Male (143) and female (144) from Somaliland, locality 1 7SR. TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY . Ethiopia , Oromia State , Arsi Province, Sof Omar, 06°54'19"N 40°51' 04"E , 1200 m a.s.l.; FKCP . MATERIAL EXAMINED ( FKCP ). Ethiopia , Oromia State , Arsi Province , Sof Omar , 06°54'19"N 40°51'04"E , 1200 m a.s.l. (locality No. 13EC ), 24.-25.VI.2013 , 4♂ (paratypes) (UV detection), leg. F. Kovařík , J. Plíšková et P. Novák , 23.-24.XI.2014 , 2♂ (paratypes) 1♀ ( holotype ) (UV detection), leg. F. Kovařík ; Oromia State , West Harerge, 07°44'37"N 40°42'39.5"E , 1234 m a.s.l. (locality No. 14EO ), 24.-25.XI.2014 , 1♂ ( paratype ) ( UV detection), Oromia State , West Harerge, 07°46'39.7"N 40°37'12.4"E , 800 m a.s.l. (locality No. 14EP ), 25. XI.2014 , 1juv. ( paratype ). Figures 145–146: Figure 145 . Locality of Barbaracurus somalicus comb . n . , Somaliland, locality 17SR. Figure 146 . Yemen, Jabal Bura NEE Al Hudaydah, 14°53'N 43°26'E, 557 m a.s.l., locality of paratype of Barbaracurus yemenensis sp . n .

B. zambonellii		B. somalicus
DIMENSIONS ( MM )		♂ (876)	♀	♂	♀
Carapace	L / W	4.050 / 3.575	5.375 / 5.015	4.075 / 3.725	4.750 / 4.500
Mesosoma	L	8.400	13.600	9.550	11.250
Tergite VII	L / W	2.200 / 3.500	3.850 / 5.360	2.525 / 3.550	3.500 / 4.650
Metasoma + telson	L	20.875	27.225	21.875	24.650
Segment I	L / W / D	2.550 / 2.375 / 2.150	3.350 / 2.762 / 2.350	2.700 / 2.275 / 2.175	3.050 / 2.500 / 2.325
Segment II	L / W / D	3.150 / 2.250 / 2.175	4.100 / 2.575 / 2.375	3.200 / 2.175 / 2.125	3.500 / 2.350 / 2.125
Segment III	L / W / D	3.400 / 2.250 / 2.215	4.450 / 2.550 / 2.400	3.475 / 2.225 / 2.150	3.850 / 2.300 / 2.250
Segment IV	L / W / D	3.900 / 1.965 / 2.225	5.025 / 2.525 / 2.575	4.000 / 2.225 / 1.950	4.375 / 2.350 / 2.175
Segment V	L / W / D	4.575 / 2.000 / 1.875	5.850 / 2.500 / 2.400	4.600 / 2.250 / 1.925	5.400 / 2.300 / 2.075
Telson	L / W / D	3.300 / 1.400 / 1.450	4.450 / 1.762 / 1.875	3.900 / 1.275 / 1.400	4.475 / 1.625 / 1.550
Pedipalp	L	14.950	19.337	15.450	17.550
Femur	L / W	3.725 / 1.150	4.800 / 1.875	3.750 / 1.175	4.275 / 1.275
Patella	L / W	4.250 / 1.650	5.537 / 1.850	4.450 / 1.600	5.025 / 1.850
Chela	L	6.975	9.000	7.250	8.250
Manus	W / D	2.038 / 2.000	2.100 / 1.9500	2.100 / 2.200	1.975 / 1.813
Movable finger	L	4.100	5.800	4.450	5.450
Total	L	33.33	46.20	35.50	40.65

Table 1: Measurements of Barbaracurus zambonellii comb. n. and B. somalicus comb. n. Abbreviations: length (L), width (W, in carapace depth (D). it corresponds to posterior width), Figures 147–152: Barbaracurus winklerorum sp . n . Figures 147–148 . Male holotype, dorsal (147) and ventral (148) views. Figures 149–150 . Female paratype, dorsal (149) and ventral (150) views. Figures 151 – 152 . Right hemispermatophore, convex aspect (151), posterior aspect of capsule region (152). Scale bars: 10 mm (147–150), 1 mm (151), 200 µm (152). Figures 153–162: Barbaracurus winklerorum sp . n . Figures 153 , 155 , 157–159 . Male holotype, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–IV (153), sternopectinal region and sternites III–IV (155), metasoma and telson, lateral (157), ventral (158), and dorsal (159) views. Figures 154 , 156 , 160–162 . Female, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–IV (154), sternopectinal region and sternite III (156), metasoma and telson, lateral (160), ventral (161), and dorsal (162) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (157–162). Figures 163–181: Barbaracurus winklerorum sp . n . Figures 163–171 , 181 . Male holotype, pedipalp chela, dorsal (163), external (164), and ventral (165) views, pedipalp patella, dorsal (1 66), external (167) and ventral (168) views, pedipalp femur and trochanter ventral (169), internal (170) and dorsal (171) views, pedipalp movable finger dentate margin (181). Figures 172–180 . Female, pedipalp chela, dorsal (172), external (173), and ventral (174) views, pedipalp patella, dorsal (175), external (176) and ventral (177) views, pedipalp femur and trochanter dorsal (178) and ventral (179) views, pedipalp movable finger dentate margin (180). The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 164–167 and 170–171 (white circles). Figures 182–205: Comparative morphology of adults of Barbaracurus winklerorum sp . n . (male holotype 182–190 and female paratype 191–193) and B. exquisitus comb . n . (male holotype 194–202 and female paratype 203–205), under UV fluorescence. Figures 182 , 194 . Carapace and tergites I–II. Figures 183–184 , 195–196 . Metasoma and telson lateral. Figures 185 , 197 . Pedipalp femur dorsal. Figures 186 , 198 . Pedipalp patella dorsal. Figures 187 , 199 . Pedipalp patella external. Figures 188 , 191 , 200 , 203 . Pedipalp chela dorsal. Figures 189 , 192 , 201 , 204 . Pedipalp chela external. Figures 190 , 193 , 202 , 205 . Pedipalp chela ventral. Figures 206–207: Barbaracurus yemenensis sp . n . , Female holotype, dorsal (206) and ventral (207) views. Scale bar: 10 mm. DIAGNOSIS. Total length of adult males 32–35 mm , adult female 46 mm . Coloration yellowish brown to grey with darker markings, chelicerae yellow without reticulation. Pedipalp chela manus much wider in male than female, chela length/width ratio 4.2–4.7 in males and 6.12 in female; proximal margins of pedipalp fingers of female weakly undulate ( Fig. 53 ), of male strongly undulate so as to leave a gap with fingers closed ( Fig. 51 ); dentate margin of movable finger armed with 6 rows of granules, and a short apical row of 4 denticles ( Fig. 6 ); most proximal granule row with one external accessory granule. Pectines with 18–20 teeth in both sexes. Hemispermatophore basal lobe a strongly raised carina ( Figs. 26, 34 ). No sexual dimorphism in length and width of metasomal segments ( Figs. 72–73 ); metasoma I with 10 carinae, II–IV with 8 carinae. Telson setose, bearing numerous long macrosetae and short, pointed subaculear tubercle; vesicle smooth, elongate, ellipsoidal, telson length/depth ratio 2.60–2.73 in both sexes; aculeus slender, curved, shorter than vesicle.