Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXIII Buthus (Buthidae), with description of two new species
Author
Kovařík, František
Department of Zoology, Charles University, ViničnÁ 7, CZ- 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
www.scorpio.cz
Author
Šťáhlavský, František
Department of Zoology, Charles University, ViničnÁ 7, CZ- 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
www.scorpio.cz
Author
Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman
Amoud University, Borama, Republic of Somaliland
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Euscorpius
2020
2020-07-12
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.4648379
2883d728-9246-4b55-b0be-2b774fedcc7d
1536-9307
4648379
881B2577-F367-469A-AB81-8AF742E7D00C
Buthus awashensis
KovařÍk, 2011
(
Figures 1–4
,
176–177, 186
, 191,
195–197
, 210,
Table 3
)
Buthus awashensis
KovařÍk, 2011: 1–6
, figs. 5–17, 23;
Sousa et al., 2017: 37
.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
REPOSITORY.
Ethiopia
,
Awash
,
Metahara
env.,
08°54'N
39°54 'E
,
960-1050 m
. a. s. l.; FKCP.
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Ethiopia
,
Awash
,
Metahara env.
,
08°54'N
39°54'E
,
960-1050 m
a. s. l.
,
XI.2010
,
2♂
(
holotype
and paratype), leg.
T. Mazuch and P. NovÁk
,
FKCP
,
19.-22. VII.2011
,
31♂
(
paratypes
)
28♀
(allotype and paratypes)
25 juveniles
(paratypes),
FKCP
,
1♂
1♀
(
paratypes
),
AZMM
;
1♀
im.2juvs. (
paratypes
),
BMNH
,
1♀
1juv.
(
paratypes
),
CASC
;
1♀
1juv.
(
paratypes
),
HNHM
,
1♀
im.
1juv.
(
paratypes
),
MRAC
,
1♂
1♀
1♂
im.
1juv.
(
paratypes
),
NHMB
,
1♀
im.
1juv.
(
paratypes
),
RMNH
,
1♂
1♀
(
paratypes
),
RTOC
,
1♀
im.
1juv.
(
paratypes
),
ZMHB
,
1♀
1juv.
(
paratypes
),
ZMUH
, leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
Dire Dawa
,
09°34.647'N
41°50.33'E
,
1249 m
a. s. l.
,
XI.2010
,
1♂
(
paratype
), leg.
T. Mazuch and P. NovÁk
,
FKCP
.
OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED
(
FKCP
).
Ethiopia
,
13°43'10"N
39°55'34"E
,
879 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
12EI
),
18.XI.2012
,
1♂
1♀
, leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
11°37'02"N
40°08'34"E
,
819 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
12EKA
),
20.XI.2012
,
1♀
1juv.
, leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
11°43'22"N
40°56'52"E
,
457 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
12EMA
),
20.XI.2012
,
1juv.
, leg.
F. KovařÍk
(UV detection);
11°43'30"N
40°58'45"E
,
404 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
12EM),
20.XI.2012
, 3juvs., leg.
F. KovařÍk
(UV detection);
Gewane
,
10°09'38"N
40°39'45"E
,
631 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
12EO
),
23.XI.2012
,
5♂
8♀
41juvs., leg.
F. KovařÍk
, (UV detection);
09°08'10.4"N
40°09'45.5"E
,
835 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
12ER
),
24.XI.2012
,
1♀
, leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
Awash
,
09°00'34.5"N
40°17'56.5"E
,
1012 m
. a. s. l. (
Locality No.
12EW
),
25.XI.2012
,
1♀
, leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
Awash
,
Metahara
env.,
08°54'N
39°54'E
,
960-1050 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
12EX
),
25.XI.2012
,
1♂
1♀
3juvs. (290), topotypes, leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
Afar State
,
09°08'10.4"N
40°09'45.5"E
,
835 m
a. s. l.
(
Locality No.
14ET
= 12ER),
26.-27.XI.2014
,
2♂
5juvs., leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
Afar State
,
Shewa Province
,
20km
N Awash
,
09°11'52"N
40°08'04"E
,
788 m
a. s. l.
,
2.
VI.2015,
4♂
3♀
15juvs., leg. Pavel Kučera,
27.-30.XI.2014
,
1♀
4juvs., leg.
F. KovařÍk
;
Afar State
,
Shewa Province
,
10km
N Metahara
,
08°57'01"N
39°50'30"E
,
980 m
a. s. l.
,
5.
VI.2015,
1♀
, leg. Pavel Kučera.
DIAGNOSIS. Total length
45–62 mm
. Mesosoma and carapace dark (grey to black) with orange spots and median black strip. Base color of metasoma, pedipalps ad legs yellow or yellowish red with dark spots, reticulations and dark carinae; telson yellow; chelicerae pale yellow, reticulated only in anterior part. Pedipalp movable fingers bear 11–12 rows of granules, obviously with 12 outer and inner denticles and fixed finger with 11 outer and inner denticles. Sexual dimorphism minor; chela of pedipalp narrow in both sexes, its length to width ratio 3.5–4.3 in females and 4.1– 4.8 in males. Telson bulbous, with aculeus shorter than vesicle. Pectinal teeth number
23–28 in
females and
30–35 in
males.