Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part VIII. Pandinops Birula, 1913 (Scorpionidae) with description of two new species
Author
Kovařík, František
text
Euscorpius
2016
229
1
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journal article
1536-9307
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Pandinops pococki
(Kovařík, 2000)
(
Figs. 5–7
,
67
,
69
)
Pandinus
(
Pandinops
)
pococki
Kovařík, 2000: 2–4
, figs. 1–2; Kovařík, 2003: 151; Kovařík, 2009: 53, 118, figs. 297, 325–327.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
REPOSITORY
.
Somalia
, near
Geriban
;
FKCP
.
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED
.
Somalia
, near
Geriban
(Jirriiban), ca
7º20'N
48º39'E
(in description coordinates given incorrectly)
,
VI.1980
,
1♂
(
holotype
,
Figs. 5–7
,
67
),
FKCP
.
DIAGNOSIS: Male
holotype
93 mm
long, female unknown. Base color uniformly reddish brown to black. Carapace covered by large granules, only middle part is smooth. External trichobothria on patella number 13–14 (5
eb
, 2–3
esb
, 2
em
, 1
est
, 3
et
); ventral trichobothria on patella number 31–33; internal trichobothria on chela number 8, ventral trichobothria on chela number 12–13. Pedipalp chela hirsute densely. Pedipalp chela dorsally covered by tubercles/granules which locally indicated carinae but do not attain shape of pointed granules. Chela internal bumpy, sparsely granulated with two longitudinal carinae indicated by 8–10 granules. Chela of male length/ width ratio is 1.92. Pectinal teeth number
16–17 in
male
holotype
, female unknown. Sternite VII bears numerous granules without carinae. Metasomal segments I–V ventrally densely granulated; metasomal segments I–IV ventrally without carinae. Spiniform formula of tarsomere II = 3/4: 3/4: 3/5: 3/5. Tarsomere II with 2 spines on inclined anteroventral surface. Length to width ratio of male metasomal segment V is 2.28.