Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VI. Compsobuthus Vachon, 1949 (Buthidae), with a description of C. eritreaensis sp. n.
Author
Kovařík, František
Author
Lowe, Graeme
Author
Plíšková, Jana
Author
Šťáhlavský, František
text
Euscorpius
2016
226
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journal article
1536-9307
D9F2DCCC-E054-4DB8-9695-5715677C8CDC
Compsobuthus somalilandus
Kovařík, 2012
(
Figs. 17–18
,
23–26
,
61–62
,
77
)
Compsobuthus somalilandus
Kovařík, 2012: 7–8
, figs. 8–19, 37–42; Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013: 157, figs. 783–794, 926–931.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
REPOSITORY
. Somaliland, near Berbera,
10°14'25.8"N
45°04'55.4"E
,
407 m
a.s.l.
; first author’s collection
(
FKCP
).
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED
. Somaliland, near Berbera,
10°14'25.8"N
45°04'55.4"E
,
407 m
a.s.l.
(
Fig. 62
),
9.VII. 2011
,
4♂
4♀
(
holotype
and
paratypes
,
Figs. 17–18
,
23– 26
,
61
), leg.
F. Kovařík
; near Berbera,
10°15'30.5"N
45°06'04.2"E
,
376 m
a.s.l.
,
12.VII.2011
,
1♀
, leg.
F. Kovařík
; near Sheikh, foothills of
Goolis Mts.
,
09°59. 881'N
45°09.762'E
,
896 m
a.s.l.
,
2♀
(
allotype
and
paratype
),
XI.2010
, leg
.
T
. Mazuch and
P. Novák. All
types are in the first authors collection
(
FKCP
).
Figures 55–56:
Compsobuthus eritreaensis
sp. n.
, female paratype with newborns from type locality (55) and the type locality 15EI, Eritrea, near Massawa, 15°36'58.7"N 39°22'32.8"E, 74 m a.s.l. (56).
Figures 57–59: Figures 57–58
.
Compsobuthus eritreaensis
sp. n.
, paratypes in vivo habitus at locality 15EJ. Female (57) and male (58).
Figure 59
. Locality 15EJ, Eritrea, Dese Island, 15°26'39.2"N 39°45'32.7"E.
DIAGNOSIS. Total length
28–32 mm
. Sexual dimorphism minor, adult males with chela of pedipalps broader and fingers of pedipalps flexed proximally; there is no difference in length and width of metasomal segments. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown, with dark spots. Movable finger of pedipalp bears 10 rows of granules, all without external and with internal accessory granules (
acutecarinatus
group of Levy & Amitai, 1980). Pedipalp chela length/width ratio 4.0 in males and
4.8 in
females. Manus of chela shorter than fixed finger. Trochanter of pedipalps with one to twelve spinules and without setae. Anterior margin of carapace bears 8 symmetrically distributed setae. First to third metasomal segments bear 10 carinae, fourth bears 8 or 10 carinae. All metasomal segments longer than wide. Pectinal teeth number
18–21 in
males and
15–18 in
females. Sternites and ventral surface of metasoma granulated. Seventh sternite bears four crenulate carinae. Telson bulbous, aculeus shorter than vesicle. Subaculear tubercle present, long and spinoid.