Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXX. Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part III), with description of three new species from Somaliland and occurrence of Parabuthus eritreaensis Kovařík, 2003 Author Kovařík, František Author Lowe, Graeme Author Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Author Šťáhlavský, František text Euscorpius 2024 385 1 27 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.11449979 1536-9307 11449979 E8574BC9-E5DA-4737-A900-DCB4F2EA6987 Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003 ( Figures 1–26 , 128–129 , Table 1 ) Parabuthus eritreaensis KovařÍk, 2003: 142–143 , 159, figs. 10–11, table 2; KovařÍk, 2004: 18–19, fig. 6; KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 110; KovařÍk et al., 2016: 19–21 , figs. 40–41, 89, 174–175, 189, 198, 204; KovařÍk et al., 2019: 10 , figs. 286–287, 305. TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY . Eritrea , Asmara env. (incorrect locality, see comment in KovařÍk et al., 2016: 19–21 and below) ; FKCP . TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED . “ Eritrea , Asmara env.“, 1♂ ( holotype ) 1♀ (allotypic paratype ), 1983, leg. Dorsak ; FKCP . ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED . Somalia (Puntland), Gardo , Migiurtina , V . 1930 , 1♂ , leg. M. Milano & Luppi, FKCP No. 1133; Run , 16.VIII.1969 , 1♂ , S.B.S ., MZUF No. 1127. NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED . Somaliland , near Garadak, 09.489036°N 46.867009°E , 758 m a. s. l. ( Locality No. 21SF , Fig. 2 ), 9.X.2021 , 1♀ (DNA-1995, Figs. 1 , 3–26 , 129 ), leg. F. KovařÍk , FKCP. DIAGNOSIS. Adults from 71.5 mm (male) to 90 mm (female) long. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown, only fourth metasomal segment and telson dark. Pectine teeth number 39 in male and 35–36 in female. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of metasoma I–II, reduced to absent in metasoma III, and absent in metasoma IV–V. Metasoma densely hirsute. Movable finger of pedipalp more than twice as long as manus, bearing 13–15 rows of granules which include both external and internal granules. Manus of pedipalp hirsute, smooth and very narrow in both sexes, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 6.13 in male and 7.22–7.23 in female. Tarsomere I of all legs with bristle-combs. DISTRIBUTION ( Fig. 128 ). Somalia (Puntland) and Somaliland (first report). COMMENTS. The true distribution of the species was discussed in KovařÍk et al. (2016: 19–21) : its type locality “ Eritrea , Asmara env.“ looked suspicious. According to two males in FKCP and MZUF , it rather appeared that the real distribution range of this species lies in Somalia ( Puntland ). A new confirmed locality in western Somaliland confirms distribution of the species in Somaliland and Somalia ( Puntland ); however, the validity of the type locality is still doubtful . Figures 1–2 : Parabuthus eritreaensis , female. Figure 1 . Female in vivo habitus. Figure 2 . Locality, Somaliland, vicinity of Garadak. Figures 3–4 . Parabuthus eritreaensis , female, in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Scale bar: 10 mm. COMMENTS ON LOCALITY AND LIFE STRATEGY. The Somaliland locality 21SH is rocky semi-desert terrain at 750 m a. s. l. ( Fig. 95 ). First author (FK) visited the locality and collected the specimen in open terrain at night by UV detection together with Parabuthus dorisae sp . n . and Pandinops cf. pugilator Pocock, 1900 .