Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XVI. Compsobuthus maidensis sp. n. (Buthidae) from Somaliland
Author
Kovařík, František
text
Euscorpius
2018
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journal article
1536-9307
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Compsobuthus werneri
(Birula, 1908)
(
Fig. 39
)
Buthus acutecarinatus werneri
Birula, 1908: 131
.
Compsobuthus werneri
(in part): Vachon, 1949: 97 (1952: 217); Fet & Lowe, 2000: 128; Kovařík, 2003a: 104, fig. 5;? Kovařík, 2003b: 138, fig. 2;? Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 107.
Compsobuthus werneri
: Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013: 158
, figs. 831–838, 850;
Kovařík et al., 2016: 16– 18
, figs. 63–77.
TYPE
LOCALITY AND
TYPE
REPOSITORY
.
Sudan
, Wadi-
Halfa, northern Nubia;
MZUT
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED
.
Eritrea
,
Keren
,
15°48'33"N
38° 28'14.6"E
,
1328 m
a.s.l.
(
Locality No.
15
EG
),
2.XI. 2015
,
3♂
, leg.
F. Kovařík
,
FKCP
.
Sudan
,
Khartoum
,
I.- III.1966
,
2♀
, leg.
P. Štys
,
FKCP
; Sabaloro, 16.VIII.
Figure 39:
Map showing confirmed distribution of
Compsobuthus
spp.
Points indicate sites sampled mainly during 2011– 2017 expeditions. Scorpion in the inside map of the photos is the male paratype of
C. somalilandus
.
1966,
1juv.
, leg.
P. Štys
,
FKCP
;
Hasa Heisa
,
1♂
,
XI. 1973
,
leg.
V
.
Seichert
,
FKCP
;
Sabaloka Mt.
, ca
16°20'N
32°30'E
,
24.X.–14.XI.2011
,
10♂
3♀
, leg.
P. Pokorný
,
FKCP
;
Northern State
,
Dongola
farm,
19°10'11.37"N
30°28'29.62"E
,
7.
VI
.2016,
1♂
1♀
, leg.
Manal Siyam
,
ZMHB
;
River Nile State
,
Atbara
farm,
17°43'N
33°59'E
,
30.X.2016
,
1♂
im, leg.
Manal Siyam
,
ZMHB
;
Northern State
,
El Gaab
wadi,
6.
V
.2017,
1♀
, leg.
Manal Siyam
,
ZMHB
.
DIAGNOSIS. Total length
24–40 mm
. Movable finger of pedipalp bears 10–11 rows of granules, with external and internal accessory granules. Sexual dimorphism minor, there is no difference between males and females in length of pedipalps and metasomal segments. Male with fingers of pedipalps very slightly flexed proximally. Carapace, mesosoma, metasoma, telson, and pedipalp femur and patella of adults densely granulated.
First and second metasomal segments bear 10 carinae, third bears 8 or 10 carinae. Fifth metasomal segment length/width ratio less than 2.4. All metasomal segments sparsely setose and densely granulated. Telson with very small subaculear tubercle. Pectinal teeth number 16–22. Seventh sternite bears 4 well developed carinae. Telson elongate, with aculeus aproximately as long as vesicle.