Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones) Part XV Review of the genus Gint Kova ík et al 2013, with description of three new species from Somaliland (Scorpiones Buthidae)
Author
Kovařík, František
Author
Lowe, Graeme
Author
Just, Pavel
Author
Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim
Author
Sh, Hassan
text
Euscorpius
2018
259
1
41
journal article
1536-9307
Gint gaitako
Kovařík, Lowe, Plíšková et
Šťáhlavský, 2013 (
Figs. 51–52
,
126
,
138–140
,
171–174
,
183–188
,
195
,
202
,
Table 3
)
Gint gaitako
Kovařík et al., 2013: 4–14
, figs. 1–4, 6–63; Kovařík & Mazuch, 2015: 6–10, figs. 17–29, 87– 89; Kovařík, 2016: 16, fig. 58; Kovařík et al., 2016a: 34.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
DEPOSITORY
.
Ethiopia
,
Oromia State
,
Borana Province
,
04°25'31.5"N
38°58' 14"E
,
1171 m
a.s.l.
;
FKCP
.
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED
.
Ethiopia
,
Oromia State
,
Borana Province
,
04°25'31.5"N
38°58'14"E
,
1171 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
13
EI
)
,
27.-28.
VI
.2013
,
1♂
(
holotype
),
1♀4♀
ims.3juvs. (
paratypes
),
FKCP
,
1♂
1♀
im.
1juv.
(
paratypes
,
No.
409)
,
GLPC
, leg.
F. Kovařík.
ADDITIONAL
MATERIAL EXAMINED
.
Ethiopia
,
Oromia State
,
Sidamo Province
,
Wachile
env.,
115 km
N Moyale
,
04°32'34"N
39°03'08"E
,
1073 m
a. s. l.
,
22- 23.
V
.2015,
1♂
3♀
, leg.
P. Kučera
,
FKCP
;
Oromia State
,
Sidamo Province
,
Goba Village
env.,
60 km
SSW
Figures 82–89:
Gint maidensis
sp
.
n
.
Figures 82
,
84–86
. Holotype male, metasoma V and telson lateral view (82), metasoma and telson, lateral (84), dorsal (85), and ventral (86) views.
Figures 83
,
87–89
. Paratype female, metasoma V and telson lateral view (83), metasoma and telson, lateral (87), dorsal (88), and ventral (89) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (84–89).
Negele-Borana
,
04°51'48"N
39°18'35"E
,
750 m
a. s. l.
,
24.
V
.2015,
2♂
2♀
, leg.
P. Kučera
,
FKCP
;
Oromia State
,
Sidamo Province
,
Wachile
,
04°32'33"N
39°03'07"E
,
1051 m
a.s.l.
(fig.
58 in
Kovařík
, 2016: 14, locality No.
16
EH
),
16.-17.IV.2016
,
7♂
(
Figs. 51
,
126
,
138, 140
,
171–174
,
183–188
,
195
,
Nos.
951, 957, 958, 960, 961, 969)
2♀
(
Figs. 52
,
139
)12juvs., leg.
F.
Kovařík
,
FKCP
,
GLPC
.
DIAGNOSIS. Total length
24.5–27.3 mm
(males) and
37– 39 mm
(females); chelicerae yellow without reticulation; carapace densely granulated with only anterior median carinae developed; anterior margin of carapace straight; pectine teeth 19–22; all sternites lacking carinae; sternite VII with four smooth, weakly indicated carinae, intercarinal surface may be weakly granulated (mainly in males); metasomal segment V length/width ratio
2.11– 2.12 in
males; metasomal segment I–IV intercarinal surfaces granulated in males, smooth or almost smooth in females; metasomal segment V of both sexes has only ventrolateral carinae that in posterior halves bear several lobate granules; dorsal and lateral surfaces of this segment smooth, without granules and carinae in both sexes; all metasomal segments sparsely setose; metasomal segment V bearing ca. 35 long setae in both sexes; telson rather elongate, telson length/depth ratio
3.05– 3.22 in
male; aculeus slightly shorter than vesicle in both sexes; legs I–III with tarsal bristle combs composed of long, thin setae; patellae of legs smooth; movable finger of pedipalp with 8 rows of granules, with external and internal accessory granules.