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, leg. 
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detection); near 
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, 15°36'55&quot; 39°24'22&quot;E, 
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a.s.l.
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ETYMOLOGY. Named after the country of collection, as this is the first record of the genus in 
<collectingCountry id="8B895299FF818A68FB57F981043F7268" box="[1228,1304,1548,1571]" name="Eritrea" pageId="15" pageNumber="14">Eritrea</collectingCountry>
.
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<subSubSection id="BB844182FF818A76FCA5F9C7028C729A" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="15" pageNumber="14" type="diagnosis">
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DIAGNOSIS. Total length 
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(male), 
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(female); carapace with area between anterior median carinae partially fuscous; tergites with 3 dark stripes, median stripe flanked on either side by broad longitudinal yellow bands that may be broken by fuscosity extending across anterior tergites; pedipalp relatively slender, males with femur L/ 
<geoCoordinate id="96AA74CEFF818A68FA9DF88F04797352" box="[1286,1374,1794,1817]" degrees="2.44" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="15" pageNumber="14" precision="555" value="-2.44">W 2.44</geoCoordinate>
–2.53, patella L/ 
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–2.55, chela L/ 
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–5.06; chela movable finger with 6 subrows of primary denticles, 3–4 external accessory denticles flanking proximal end of each subrow; posterior margins of carapace and tergites usually lacking macrosetae, or sparsely setose with 1–2 macrosetae; pedipalps, legs, metasoma and telson with very short, stout macrosetae in males, long, fine setae in females; males with coxae and sternites III–VI densely, finely granular, sternite VII densely, finely granular without carinae or 2 vestigial median carinae; females with sternites III–VI smooth, sternite VII finely granular with 4 granulated carinae; metasoma I–III with median lateral carinae present in female, absent in male; lateral surface of metasoma V in males densely granulated, with granules separated; tarsi with relatively sparse setation, leg III of adults with 7–10 macrosetae in retroinferior series of basitarsus, 13–20 ventral macrosetae on telotarsus; pectine teeth: 15–19 (males), 12–15 (females).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9E8A77FF5BF9F3004E72DE" bold="true" box="[192,361,1662,1685]" pageId="16" pageNumber="15">Figures 43–46:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9E8A77FEEBF9F2036972DF" box="[368,590,1663,1684]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="15">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
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from locality No. 15EI. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9E8A77FCE7F9F2052B72DF" bold="true" box="[892,1036,1663,1684]" pageId="16" pageNumber="15">Figures 43–44</emphasis>
. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9E8A77FE6DF91503A872E6" bold="true" box="[502,655,1688,1709]" pageId="16" pageNumber="15">Figures 45–46:</emphasis>
Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color.
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9F8A76FF5BF993004C727E" bold="true" box="[192,363,1566,1589]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Figures 47–52:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF9F8A76FEEFF9AD0372727E" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[372,597,1568,1589]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9F8A76FEEFF9AD0372727E" box="[372,597,1568,1589]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF9F8A76FDC5F9AD03BF727E" box="[606,664,1568,1589]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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from locality No. 15EI. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9F8A76FC08F9AD0501727E" bold="true" box="[915,1062,1568,1589]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Figures 47–49</emphasis>
. Male paratype, carapace and tergites (47), coxosternal area and sternites (48), carapace and tergites I–III (49). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9F8A76FBC0F9B405CB7205" bold="true" box="[1115,1260,1593,1614]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Figures 50–52</emphasis>
. Female paratype, carapace and tergites (50), coxosternal area and sternites (51), carapace and tergites I–IV (52). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="BB844182FF9F8A7CFCA5F975022870BC" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="17" pageNumber="16" type="description">
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DESCRIPTION (
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9F8A76FCA5F89B029E7366" bold="true" box="[830,953,1814,1837]" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Coloration</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9F8A76FC52F89B056B7366" box="[969,1100,1814,1837]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Figs. 43–44</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9F8A76FBC3F89B05B97366" box="[1112,1182,1814,1837]" captionStart="Figures 47–52" captionStartId="17.[192,278,1566,1589]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,204,1537]" captionTargetId="figure-6@17.[192,1437,205,1536]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figures 47–52: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 47–49. Male paratype, carapace and tergites (47), coxosternal area and sternites (48), carapace and tergites I–III (49). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figures 50–52. Female paratype, carapace and tergites (50), coxosternal area and sternites (51), carapace and tergites I–IV (52). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="17" pageNumber="16">47–49</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9F8A76FB31F89B043E7366" box="[1194,1305,1814,1837]" captionStart="Figures 53–60" captionStartId="19.[192,278,1302,1325]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,211,1273]" captionTargetId="figure-6@19.[192,1437,212,1272]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figures 53–60: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 53–54. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I– IV (53) and coxosternal area and sternites (54). Figures 55–56. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–IV (55) and coxosternal area and sternites (56). Figures 57–58. Pedipalp movable finger dentition of paratypes male (57) and female (58). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figures 59–60. Dorsal view of whole pedipalp (trochanter, femur, patella and chela) of paratypes male (59) and female (60). Scale bar: 1 mm. Dry color (53–58), wet UV/ color (59–60)." pageId="17" pageNumber="16">53–54, 59</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9F8A76FABDF89B044B7366" box="[1318,1388,1814,1837]" captionStart="Figures 61–80" captionStartId="20.[192,278,1542,1565]" captionTargetBox="[192,1435,189,1509]" captionTargetId="figure-10@20.[192,1437,181,1512]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Figures 61–80: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n.from locality No. 15EI. Figures 61–67.Male holotype, pedipalp segments. Patella dorsal (61), external (62) and ventral (63). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (65), dorsal (66), and external (67).Figures 68– 73.Female paratype, pedipalp segments. Femur dorsal (68). Patella dorsal (69) and external (70). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (71), dorsal (72), and external (73). Figures 74–80. Female, trichobothrial map. Patella dorsal (74) and external (75). Femur internal (76) and dorsal (77). Chela ventral (78), dorsal (79), and external (80). Dry color (61–73), dry UV (74–80)." pageId="17" pageNumber="16">61–67</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9F8A76FAE3F89B027C7307" captionStart-0="Figures 81–86" captionStart-1="Figures 87–90" captionStartId-0="21.[192,278,1539,1562]" captionStartId-1="22.[192,278,1414,1437]" captionTargetBox-0="[195,1431,181,1505]" captionTargetBox-1="[200,1422,178,1374]" captionTargetId-0="figure-6@21.[192,1437,168,1509]" captionTargetId-1="figure-10@22.[192,1437,168,1384]" captionTargetPageId-0="21" captionTargetPageId-1="22" captionText-0="Figures 81–86: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n.from locality No. 15EI, paratypes, metasoma and telson. Figures. 81–83. Female, dorsal (81), lateral (82), and ventral (83). Figures 84–86. Male, dorsal (84), lateral (85), and ventral (86). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." captionText-1="Figures 87–90: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI, holotype male, right legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect. Dry color." pageId="17" pageNumber="16">84– 90</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9F8A76FCF3F8B802A17307" box="[872,902,1845,1868]" captionStart="Figures 94–95" captionStartId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" captionTargetId="figure-10@24.[192,1439,192,1684]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Figures 94–95: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95)." pageId="17" pageNumber="16">94</figureCitation>
). Base color light greenish yellow with extensive patterns of dark maculation. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9F8A76FB0AF8D905DD7320" box="[1169,1274,1876,1899]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="16">Carapace</emphasis>
fuscosity distributed over interocular triangle including most of area between anterior median carinae (but lighter dirty yellowish in narrow midline zone); fuscous areas continuous on lateral flanks and post-ocular tubercle, reticulate in posterior lateral areas; posterior median area dark on median strip and transverse lines; ocular tubercle black, surrounded by elongate yellow patches on laterally; posterior margin of carapace dark on lateral and median borders. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FE2BFE3103207598" box="[432,519,444,467]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Tergites</emphasis>
3-striped, with fuscosity arranged longitudinally in narrow median and broad lateral bands; pale patches on either side of median stripe narrow, forming longitudinal ochraceous-yellow bands; on each tergite, lateral bands with more dense fuscosity on posterior part, broken by reticular or fenestrated patterning on anterior part, faint on pretergite. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FF5BFD1E003A76E1" box="[192,285,659,682]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Sternites</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FEC1FD1E00F176E1" box="[346,470,659,682]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">coxosternal</emphasis>
area pale yellow. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FD30FD1E020576E1" box="[683,802,659,682]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Metasomal</emphasis>
segments I–IV with fuscous median dorsal markings, darker and solid on segment I, lighter and more diffuse on II–IV, forming anteriorly-directed trident pattern on II–III, divergent trilineate pattern on IV; lateral areas of dorsal surfaces of I–IV between dorsosubmedian carinae yellow; dorsolateral surfaces with reticulated pigmentation, dorsolateral carinae I–IV marked by darker broad stripe; lateral and ventral surfaces of I–III pale yellow with thin dark stripes on ventrolateral and ventrosubmedian carinae, stripes very faint on I, increasingly darker on II–III; lateral and ventral surfaces of IV dirty yellow or yellow, ventrolateral carinae marked by thin line, areas of ventrosubmedian carinae by broad dark bands; segment V with alternating strips of reticulated and solid fuscosity on anterior 4/5, yellow on posterior 1/5, anterior median zone of dorsal surface with long brownish-yellow patch. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FE56FB11033370F8" box="[461,532,1180,1203]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Telson</emphasis>
vesicle yellow, aculeus brownish-yellow on basal half, dark reddish-black on distal half. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FEA7FB57008270BA" box="[316,421,1242,1265]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Chelicera</emphasis>
with dark transverse band on subdistal area of dorsal manus, yellow on internal and external margins; posterior edge of dark band transitioning to faded reticulation, with remaining basal areas of dorsal manus uniformly pale yellow. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FDBEFAD803B77127" box="[549,656,1365,1388]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Pedipalps</emphasis>
mostly pale yellow with dark markings on some carinae of femur, patella and chela; fuscous stripes heavier on distal dorsal and lower internal surfaces of femur, and external and internal surfaces of patella; patella uniformly yellow on dorsal surface between dorsoexternal and dorsointernal carinae, sparsely reticular on dorsointernal surface; ventral surface of femur and patella pale yellow; pedipalp chela manus with weak fuscosity on distal dorsal manus, and along positions of dorsointernal and interomedian carinae; pedipalp fingers yellow. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FD35F90A03C672D5" box="[686,737,1671,1694]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Legs</emphasis>
with fuscous longitudinal stripes along distal half of dorsal, distal retrosuperior, and proinferior surfaces of femur, and retrosuperior surface of patella.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9C8A75FF5BF88F02B5776E" blockId="18.[192,802,199,1909]" lastBlockId="18.[830,1441,199,1909]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FF5BF88F00097352" bold="true" box="[192,302,1794,1817]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Carapace</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FED9F88F00857352" box="[322,418,1794,1817]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Figs. 43</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FE2FF88F03277352" box="[436,512,1794,1817]" captionStart="Figures 47–52" captionStartId="17.[192,278,1566,1589]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,204,1537]" captionTargetId="figure-6@17.[192,1437,205,1536]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figures 47–52: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 47–49. Male paratype, carapace and tergites (47), coxosternal area and sternites (48), carapace and tergites I–III (49). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figures 50–52. Female paratype, carapace and tergites (50), coxosternal area and sternites (51), carapace and tergites I–IV (52). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">47, 49</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FD89F88F03087352" box="[530,559,1794,1817]" captionStart="Figures 53–60" captionStartId="19.[192,278,1302,1325]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,211,1273]" captionTargetId="figure-6@19.[192,1437,212,1272]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figures 53–60: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 53–54. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I– IV (53) and coxosternal area and sternites (54). Figures 55–56. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–IV (55) and coxosternal area and sternites (56). Figures 57–58. Pedipalp movable finger dentition of paratypes male (57) and female (58). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figures 59–60. Dorsal view of whole pedipalp (trochanter, femur, patella and chela) of paratypes male (59) and female (60). Scale bar: 1 mm. Dry color (53–58), wet UV/ color (59–60)." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">53</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FDD9F88F03477352" box="[578,608,1794,1817]" captionStart="Figures 94–95" captionStartId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" captionTargetId="figure-10@24.[192,1439,192,1684]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Figures 94–95: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95)." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">94</figureCitation>
). Strongly trapezoidal, anterior width 0.36 times posterior width, wider than long (L/ 
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); posterior median postocular area flat, anterior median preocular area gently slope downwards towards anterior margin; lateral flanks steeply sloped; ocular tubercle broad, prominent, located slightly anterior to middle of carapace (preocular distance 0.45 times carapace length); median eyes large, separated by 1.25 times their diameter (viewed in dorsal projection); anterior margin straight, finely microdenticulate, with coarser granules overlapping edge, bearing 8 macrosetae; lateral margins finely denticulate; anterior median carinae weak, coarsely granular, with pair of macrosetae in front of ocular tubercle; other carinae indistinct; dense granulation covering most of carapace, interrupted only by short longitudinal smooth patches lateral to ocular tubercle, and restricted transverse smooth patches behind ocular tubercle and in locations of posterior transverse, posterior marginal, and posterior lateral furrows; posterior margin of carapace almost smooth, with only very fine micro-crenulations; carapace lacking other macrosetae except for one on right superciliary carina, and one on posterior median margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9C8A75FCA5FCA102AB71C1" blockId="18.[830,1441,199,1909]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FCA5FCA1028B7708" bold="true" box="[830,940,812,835]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Chelicera</emphasis>
. Manus smooth on dorsal side, with coarse granules in transverse subapical row extending from dorsointernal carina, and small granule clusters at base of movable finger; dorsointernal carina strong, almost smooth; 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FC3AFC2A053277F5" box="[929,1045,935,958]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: 4 straight macrosetae on anterior dorsal surface, including 1 large dark seta on dorsointernal carina, 1 pale seta on subapical granule row, 2 pale setae on apical margin; 2 dorsal microsetae on distal half of movable finger; brush of longer curved setae on internodorsal surface at base of fixed finger; fingers with typical buthid dentition (Vachon, 1963); fixed finger with large distal denticle, 1 subdistal denticle and 2 basal denticles fused into bicusp, single denticle on ventral surface at level of bicusp; dorsal margin of movable finger with 5 denticles: 1 large distal denticle, mediumsized subdistal and medial, and 2 small, partially fused basal denticles; ventral margin with 2 denticles: 1 large distal, 1 small subdistal; dense fields of fine setae on ventrointernal surfaces of movable finger and anterior manus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9C8A75FCA5FA1F04727290" blockId="18.[830,1441,199,1909]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FCA5FA1F052F71E2" bold="true" box="[830,1032,1426,1449]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Coxosternal area</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FB84FA1F05A771E2" box="[1055,1152,1426,1449]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Figs. 44</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FB09FA1F058871E2" box="[1170,1199,1426,1449]" captionStart="Figures 47–52" captionStartId="17.[192,278,1566,1589]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,204,1537]" captionTargetId="figure-6@17.[192,1437,205,1536]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figures 47–52: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 47–49. Male paratype, carapace and tergites (47), coxosternal area and sternites (48), carapace and tergites I–III (49). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figures 50–52. Female paratype, carapace and tergites (50), coxosternal area and sternites (51), carapace and tergites I–IV (52). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">48</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FB5AFA1F05F871E2" box="[1217,1247,1426,1449]" captionStart="Figures 53–60" captionStartId="19.[192,278,1302,1325]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,211,1273]" captionTargetId="figure-6@19.[192,1437,212,1272]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figures 53–60: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 53–54. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I– IV (53) and coxosternal area and sternites (54). Figures 55–56. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–IV (55) and coxosternal area and sternites (56). Figures 57–58. Pedipalp movable finger dentition of paratypes male (57) and female (58). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figures 59–60. Dorsal view of whole pedipalp (trochanter, femur, patella and chela) of paratypes male (59) and female (60). Scale bar: 1 mm. Dry color (53–58), wet UV/ color (59–60)." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">54</figureCitation>
). Coxae weakly, finely granulated, coxa I–II endites with weaker, sparser granulation, almost smooth; coxae I–III with mixture of short, straight macrosetae and longer curved dark reddish macrosetae: 4–8 on coxa I, 9–12 on II, 4–5 on III; coxa IV with single macroseta near anterior end, close to sternum, otherwise devoid of setae; sternum subtriangular, smooth, with deep posteromedian invagination, posterior transverse sulcus and 2 short reddish macrosetae; genital opercula smooth, cordate, with 4–5 short reddish macrosetae; genital papillae present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9C8A74FCA5F96E00C672DF" blockId="18.[830,1441,199,1909]" lastBlockId="19.[192,802,1477,1899]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="18" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9C8A75FCA5F96E02BC72B1" bold="true" box="[830,923,1763,1786]" pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Pectines</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FC2BF96E052972B1" box="[944,1038,1763,1786]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">Figs. 44</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FB84F96E051B72B1" box="[1055,1084,1763,1786]" captionStart="Figures 47–52" captionStartId="17.[192,278,1566,1589]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,204,1537]" captionTargetId="figure-6@17.[192,1437,205,1536]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figures 47–52: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 47–49. Male paratype, carapace and tergites (47), coxosternal area and sternites (48), carapace and tergites I–III (49). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figures 50–52. Female paratype, carapace and tergites (50), coxosternal area and sternites (51), carapace and tergites I–IV (52). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">48</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9C8A75FBD6F96E054C72B1" box="[1101,1131,1763,1786]" captionStart="Figures 53–60" captionStartId="19.[192,278,1302,1325]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,211,1273]" captionTargetId="figure-6@19.[192,1437,212,1272]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figures 53–60: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 53–54. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I– IV (53) and coxosternal area and sternites (54). Figures 55–56. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–IV (55) and coxosternal area and sternites (56). Figures 57–58. Pedipalp movable finger dentition of paratypes male (57) and female (58). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figures 59–60. Dorsal view of whole pedipalp (trochanter, femur, patella and chela) of paratypes male (59) and female (60). Scale bar: 1 mm. Dry color (53–58), wet UV/ color (59–60)." pageId="18" pageNumber="17">54</figureCitation>
). Basal piece smooth, with deep V-shaped anterior median invagination, 4 short reddish macrosetae; pectines long, distal tips extending to proximal 0.4 of length of trochanter IV; combs with 3 marginal lamellae, 6–8 middle lamellae, 20–20 teeth; posterobasal vertex of basal middle lamella slightly extended, angulate; marginal lamellae, middle lamellae and fulcra with dense cover of short dark reddish macrosetae; fulcra with 2–4 setae; when anterior margins of left and right pectines are aligned with posterior edges of coxae IV, first and second teeth at base of combs overlap completely.
</paragraph>
<caption id="A7E14281FF9D8A74FF5BFA9B021E71DA" pageId="19" pageNumber="18" startId="19.[192,278,1302,1325]" targetBox="[191,1437,211,1273]" targetPageId="19">
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9D8A74FF5BFA9B021E71DA" blockId="19.[192,1440,1302,1425]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FF5BFA9B004E7166" bold="true" box="[192,361,1302,1325]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 53–60:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF9D8A74FEEAFA9503777166" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[369,592,1304,1325]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="19" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FEEAFA9503777166" box="[369,592,1304,1325]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FDCCFA9503A87166" bold="true" box="[599,655,1304,1325]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF9D8A74FDCCFA9503A87166" box="[599,655,1304,1325]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from locality No. 15EI. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FC1AFA9505357166" bold="true" box="[897,1042,1304,1325]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 53–54</emphasis>
. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I– IV (53) and coxosternal area and sternites (54). 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FD15FABC0239710D" bold="true" box="[654,798,1329,1350]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 55–56</emphasis>
. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–IV (55) and coxosternal area and sternites (56). 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FE3FFAC703127114" bold="true" box="[420,565,1354,1375]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 57–58</emphasis>
. Pedipalp movable finger dentition of paratypes male (57) and female (58). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FF6FFAEE00AB7133" bold="true" box="[244,396,1379,1400]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figures 59–60.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of whole pedipalp (trochanter, femur, patella and chela) of paratypes male (59) and female (60). Scale bar: 1 mm. Dry color (53–58), wet UV/ color (59–60).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9D8A74FF5BF911025C7251" blockId="19.[192,802,1477,1899]" lastBlockId="19.[830,1440,1477,1899]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FF5BF911008B72F8" bold="true" box="[192,428,1692,1715]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Hemispermatophore</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9D8A74FE24F911036172F8" box="[447,582,1692,1715]" captionStart="Figures 91–93" captionStartId="23.[192,278,1806,1829]" captionTargetBox="[214,1426,208,1770]" captionTargetId="figure-6@23.[192,1439,196,1776]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="Figures 91–93: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., hemispermatophore, holotype male. Figure 91. Whole left hemispermatophore, dorsal aspect. Figures 92–93. Capsule region and flagellum, dorsal aspect of right hemispermatophore with capsule lobes flattened (92), external aspect of left hemispermatophore (93). Scale bars: 0.5 mm." pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figs. 91–93</figureCitation>
). Elongate, slender, trunk 6.7 times length of capsule region; flagellum well separated from external lobe, pars recta short with internal lamina, pars reflecta narrower, cylindriform, slightly longer than pars recta; capsule region with 4 lobes at base of flagellum; external lobe longest, apically rounded; median lobe carinate, apically rounded; internal lobe apically truncate, same length as median lobe; basal lobe strongly developed, forming a pointed hook.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9D8A72FCA5F9AC0393729E" blockId="19.[830,1440,1477,1899]" lastBlockId="21.[192,802,1665,1902]" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="20" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FCA5F9AC02917273" bold="true" box="[830,950,1569,1592]" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Mesosoma</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9D8A74FC5CF9AC056A7273" box="[967,1101,1569,1592]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Figs. 43–44</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9D8A74FBC0F9AC05867273" box="[1115,1185,1569,1592]" captionStart="Figures 47–52" captionStartId="17.[192,278,1566,1589]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,204,1537]" captionTargetId="figure-6@17.[192,1437,205,1536]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figures 47–52: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 47–49. Male paratype, carapace and tergites (47), coxosternal area and sternites (48), carapace and tergites I–III (49). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figures 50–52. Female paratype, carapace and tergites (50), coxosternal area and sternites (51), carapace and tergites I–IV (52). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="19" pageNumber="18">47–49</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9D8A74FB34F9AC05EA7273" box="[1199,1229,1569,1592]" captionStart="Figures 94–95" captionStartId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" captionTargetId="figure-10@24.[192,1439,192,1684]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Figures 94–95: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95)." pageId="19" pageNumber="18">94</figureCitation>
). Moderately elongate, ca. 2 times length of carapace. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9D8A74FB52F9CD0407721C" box="[1225,1312,1600,1623]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="18">Tergites</emphasis>
: pretergites smooth with finely micro-crenulate posterior margins; tergites I–VI a weak granular median carina only developed in posterior half; tergites III–VI with weakly indicated granular lateral carinae near posterior margins; tergites I–VI densely granular, with coarser granules on posterior lateral areas; tergite VII densely granular, with slight median hump, paired inner and lateral carinae weakly indicated, granular, outer laterals obsolete; posterior margins with very fine, microdenticulations in tergites I–VI, smooth in tergite VII; all tergites devoid of macrosetae. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9A8A73FED2F95E008172A1" box="[329,422,1747,1770]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Sternites</emphasis>
: presternites IV–VII smooth, posterior margins very weakly micro-crenulate; sternites III–VI densely covered with weak, fine granulation, with transverse slit-like spiracles; areas of III covered by pectines very finely micro-shagreened; sternite V with posterior marginal smooth patch free of granulation; sternite VII densely, finely granulated; median carinae weak or vestigial, granular, confined to posterior 2/3, lateral carinae obsolete; lateral margins of all sternites finely denticulate; sternite macrosetae (non-marginal/ marginal): III 8/8, IV 5/11, V 6/12, VI 5/14, VII 8/6; setae on sternite VII similar to setae on III–VI.
</paragraph>
<caption id="A7E14281FF9A8A73FF5BF98B047C72CB" pageId="20" pageNumber="19" startId="20.[192,278,1542,1565]" targetBox="[192,1435,189,1509]" targetPageId="20">
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9A8A73FF5BF98B047C72CB" blockId="20.[192,1441,1542,1664]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9A8A73FF5BF98B004F7256" bold="true" box="[192,360,1542,1565]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Figures 61–80:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF9A8A73FEEBF98A03697257" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[368,590,1543,1564]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="20" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9A8A73FEEBF98A03697257" box="[368,590,1543,1564]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9A8A73FDCFF98A03AC7257" bold="true" box="[596,651,1543,1564]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF9A8A73FDCFF98A03AC7257" box="[596,651,1543,1564]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from locality No. 15EI. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9A8A73FCE9F98A05257257" bold="true" box="[882,1026,1543,1564]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Figures 61–67</emphasis>
.Male holotype, pedipalp segments. Patella dorsal (61), external (62) and ventral (63). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (65), dorsal (66), and external (67). 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9A8A73FABEF9AD01FF7205" bold="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Figures 68– 73</emphasis>
.Female paratype, pedipalp segments. Femur dorsal (68). Patella dorsal (69) and external (70). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (71), dorsal (72), and external (73). 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9A8A73FDEDF9DF022E722C" bold="true" box="[630,777,1618,1639]" pageId="20" pageNumber="19">Figures 74–80</emphasis>
. Female, trichobothrial map. Patella dorsal (74) and external (75). Femur internal (76) and dorsal (77). Chela ventral (78), dorsal (79), and external (80). Dry color (61–73), dry UV (74–80).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="A7E14281FF9B8A72FF5BF98E000F7207" pageId="21" pageNumber="20" startId="21.[192,278,1539,1562]" targetBox="[195,1431,181,1505]" targetPageId="21">
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9B8A72FF5BF98E000F7207" blockId="21.[192,1441,1539,1612]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FF5BF98E004F7251" bold="true" box="[192,360,1539,1562]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">Figures 81–86:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF9B8A72FEF4F988036A7251" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[367,589,1541,1562]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="21" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FEF4F988036A7251" box="[367,589,1541,1562]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FDCFF98803AD7251" bold="true" box="[596,650,1541,1562]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF9B8A72FDCFF98803AD7251" box="[596,650,1541,1562]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from locality No. 15EI, paratypes, metasoma and telson. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FB2AF98805D97251" bold="true" box="[1201,1278,1541,1562]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">Figures</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FA90F988046B7251" bold="true" box="[1291,1356,1541,1562]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">81–83.</emphasis>
Female, dorsal (81), lateral (82), and ventral (83). 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FDCEF99303CD7278" bold="true" box="[597,746,1566,1587]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">Figures 84–86.</emphasis>
Male, dorsal (84), lateral (85), and ventral (86). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF9B8A71FF5BF950025C7216" blockId="21.[192,802,1665,1902]" lastBlockId="22.[830,1440,1514,1905]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FF5BF950001172BF" bold="true" box="[192,310,1757,1780]" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">Metasoma</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9B8A72FED2F95000E972BF" box="[329,462,1757,1780]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="21" pageNumber="20">Figs. 43–44</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9B8A72FE46F950030572BF" box="[477,546,1757,1780]" captionStart="Figures 81–86" captionStartId="21.[192,278,1539,1562]" captionTargetBox="[195,1431,181,1505]" captionTargetId="figure-6@21.[192,1437,168,1509]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figures 81–86: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n.from locality No. 15EI, paratypes, metasoma and telson. Figures. 81–83. Female, dorsal (81), lateral (82), and ventral (83). Figures 84–86. Male, dorsal (84), lateral (85), and ventral (86). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="21" pageNumber="20">84–86</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF9B8A72FDAAF950036872BF" box="[561,591,1757,1780]" captionStart="Figures 94–95" captionStartId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" captionTargetId="figure-10@24.[192,1439,192,1684]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Figures 94–95: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95)." pageId="21" pageNumber="20">94</figureCitation>
). Moderately elongate, total length of segments I–V 1.5 times length of prosoma + mesosoma; segment I as wide as long, segments II–V progressively longer than wide (L/W ratio increasing from 1.2 to 2.0); 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF9B8A72FD9CF8DA03517325" box="[519,630,1879,1902]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="20">carination</emphasis>
: segments I–II with 10 carinae, III with 8 carinae, IV–V with 2 carinae; segments I–III with moderate, granulate ventrosubmedian and ventrolateral carinae, weak to vestigial, granulate dorsosubmedian carinae, obsolete dorsolateral carinae; lateral median carinae weak, granulate on I, very weakly indicated by granule series on II, obsolete on III; segment IV with weakly indicated, granulate ventrolateral carinae; segment V with strong, granulate to dentate-lobate ventrolateral carinae; 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FD07FA67023D724A" box="[668,794,1514,1537]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">granulation</emphasis>
: segments I–III with dense granulation on all intercarinal surfaces; segment IV densely granulated except for bilateral posterior smooth patches on dorsal surface; segment V densely granular on lateral and ventral surfaces, more coarsely so on ventral surface, granules not arranged into any traces of carinae; lateral anal lobe with strong notch towards ventral end, ventral anal arc with ca. 10 weak crenulations; 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FE6FF96D034F72BC" box="[500,616,1760,1783]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: segments I–IV with scattered macrosetae on carinae and intercarinal surfaces; lateral surface of segment V with macrosetae arrayed in 2 longitudinal rows of 6–9 setae near dorsal and ventral margins, ventral surface with sparsely scattered setae; dorsal surfaces of all segments bare; all metasomal setae short to very short, straight, reddish, shorter and more stout than coxosternal and sternal setae.
</paragraph>
<caption id="A7E14281FF988A71FF5BFA0B01DF71FE" pageId="22" pageNumber="21" startId="22.[192,278,1414,1437]" targetBox="[200,1422,178,1374]" targetPageId="22">
<paragraph id="F3211209FF988A71FF5BFA0B01DF71FE" blockId="22.[192,1440,1414,1461]" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FF5BFA0B004D71D6" bold="true" box="[192,362,1414,1437]" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">Figures 87–90:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF988A71FEE9FA0A037571D7" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[370,594,1415,1436]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="22" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FEE9FA0A037571D7" box="[370,594,1415,1436]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FDC1FA0A03B571D7" bold="true" box="[602,658,1415,1436]" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF988A71FDC1FA0A03B571D7" box="[602,658,1415,1436]" pageId="22" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from locality No. 15EI, holotype male, right legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect. Dry color.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF988A71FCA5F9E80573735E" blockId="22.[830,1440,1514,1905]" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FCA5F9E802AD7237" bold="true" box="[830,906,1637,1660]" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">Telson</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF988A71FC07F9E805077237" box="[924,1056,1637,1660]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="22" pageNumber="21">Figs. 43–44</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF988A71FBB5F9E805547237" box="[1070,1139,1637,1660]" captionStart="Figures 81–86" captionStartId="21.[192,278,1539,1562]" captionTargetBox="[195,1431,181,1505]" captionTargetId="figure-6@21.[192,1437,168,1509]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figures 81–86: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n.from locality No. 15EI, paratypes, metasoma and telson. Figures. 81–83. Female, dorsal (81), lateral (82), and ventral (83). Figures 84–86. Male, dorsal (84), lateral (85), and ventral (86). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="22" pageNumber="21">84–86</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF988A71FB19F9E805877237" box="[1154,1184,1637,1660]" captionStart="Figures 94–95" captionStartId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" captionTargetId="figure-10@24.[192,1439,192,1684]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Figures 94–95: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95)." pageId="22" pageNumber="21">94</figureCitation>
). Vesicle slightly elongated, posterior surface steeply sloped, not quite truncate; aculeus stout, shorter than vesicle, tip of aculeus directed almost vertically; ventral surface sparsely, weakly granular, with scattered anteriorly-directed, stout, reddish macrosetae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF988A7EFCA5F89000EF774D" blockId="22.[830,1440,1514,1905]" lastBlockId="25.[192,802,199,1911]" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FCA5F890028A737F" bold="true" box="[830,941,1821,1844]" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">Pedipalps</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF988A71FC58F890056A737F" box="[963,1101,1821,1844]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="22" pageNumber="21">Figs. 43–44</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF988A71FBFBF890058A737F" box="[1120,1197,1821,1844]" captionStart="Figures 53–60" captionStartId="19.[192,278,1302,1325]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,211,1273]" captionTargetId="figure-6@19.[192,1437,212,1272]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figures 53–60: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 53–54. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I– IV (53) and coxosternal area and sternites (54). Figures 55–56. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–IV (55) and coxosternal area and sternites (56). Figures 57–58. Pedipalp movable finger dentition of paratypes male (57) and female (58). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figures 59–60. Dorsal view of whole pedipalp (trochanter, femur, patella and chela) of paratypes male (59) and female (60). Scale bar: 1 mm. Dry color (53–58), wet UV/ color (59–60)." pageId="22" pageNumber="21">57, 59</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF988A71FB5BF8900422737F" box="[1216,1285,1821,1844]" captionStart="Figures 61–80" captionStartId="20.[192,278,1542,1565]" captionTargetBox="[192,1435,189,1509]" captionTargetId="figure-10@20.[192,1437,181,1512]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Figures 61–80: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n.from locality No. 15EI. Figures 61–67.Male holotype, pedipalp segments. Patella dorsal (61), external (62) and ventral (63). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (65), dorsal (66), and external (67).Figures 68– 73.Female paratype, pedipalp segments. Femur dorsal (68). Patella dorsal (69) and external (70). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (71), dorsal (72), and external (73). Figures 74–80. Female, trichobothrial map. Patella dorsal (74) and external (75). Femur internal (76) and dorsal (77). Chela ventral (78), dorsal (79), and external (80). Dry color (61–73), dry UV (74–80)." pageId="22" pageNumber="21">61–67</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF988A71FA83F8900410737F" box="[1304,1335,1821,1844]" captionStart="Figures 94–95" captionStartId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" captionTargetId="figure-10@24.[192,1439,192,1684]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Figures 94–95: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95)." pageId="22" pageNumber="21">94</figureCitation>
). 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF988A71FAC9F89004BE737F" box="[1362,1433,1821,1844]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="21">Femur</emphasis>
: moderately elongated, 2.53 times longer than wide; dorsoexternal and external carinae weak, granulated; other carinae obsolete; dorsal, external and internal surfaces with sparse fine granules, ventral surface sparsely shagreened, almost smooth; 4–5 distal external accessory macrosetae. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF968A7FFE1EF8C600F57329" box="[389,466,1867,1890]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="23">Patella</emphasis>
: moderately elongated, 2.55 times longer than wide; external, dorsoexternal, dorsomedian, dorsointernal, internal carinae weak, with coarse granules; ventrointernal carina vestigial, marked by series of medium to fine granules; ventral and ventroexternal carinae obsolete; dorsoexternal, dorsal and upper internal surfaces with sparse, coarse granules, some areas smooth; ventrointernal, ventral and ventroexternal surfaces smooth or almost smooth with few fine granules; short, straight reddish macrosetae scattered sparsely over carinae. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFE2BFEED00D7753C" box="[432,496,352,375]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Chela</emphasis>
: Short, relatively stout, 5.06 times longer than wide; fingers robust, movable finger 1.78 times manus ventral length; manus and fingers smooth, carinae obsolete; manus, fixed and movable fingers with sparse short, straight, reddish macrosetae; numerous fine, translucent microsetae on fingers; fixed finger with 4 subdistal denticles proximal to distal tooth, 6 primary denticle subrows, 3–4 external and 6 internal accessory denticles; movable finger with 4 subdistal denticles proximal to distal tooth, 5 primary denticle subrows, 3 external and 5 internal accessory denticles; right chela malformed, with conspicuous, broadly rimmed, crater-like depression between fixed finger trichobothria 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFECBFD62004E774D" box="[336,361,751,774]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">eb</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFE06FD6200E7774D" box="[413,448,751,774]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">esb</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="A7E14281FF998A70FF5BF88302FC731D" pageId="23" pageNumber="22" startId="23.[192,278,1806,1829]" targetBox="[214,1426,208,1770]" targetPageId="23">
<paragraph id="F3211209FF998A70FF5BF88302FC731D" blockId="23.[192,1441,1806,1878]" pageId="23" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF998A70FF5BF883004E736E" bold="true" box="[192,361,1806,1829]" pageId="23" pageNumber="22">Figures 91–93:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF998A70FEEBF8820368736F" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[368,591,1807,1828]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="23" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF998A70FEEBF8820368736F" box="[368,591,1807,1828]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="22">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF998A70FDCDF88203A9736F" bold="true" box="[598,654,1807,1828]" pageId="23" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF998A70FDCDF88203A9736F" box="[598,654,1807,1828]" pageId="23" pageNumber="22" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, hemispermatophore, holotype male. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF998A70FC66F8820540736F" bold="true" box="[1021,1127,1807,1828]" pageId="23" pageNumber="22">Figure 91.</emphasis>
Whole left hemispermatophore, dorsal aspect. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF998A70FEC8F8A500CA7376" bold="true" box="[339,493,1832,1853]" pageId="23" pageNumber="22">Figures 92–93.</emphasis>
Capsule region and flagellum, dorsal aspect of right hemispermatophore with capsule lobes flattened (92), external aspect of left hemispermatophore (93). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="A7E14281FF968A7FFF5BF93E04707281" box="[192,1367,1715,1738]" pageId="24" pageNumber="23" startId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" targetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" targetPageId="24">
<paragraph id="F3211209FF968A7FFF5BF93E04707281" blockId="24.[192,1367,1715,1738]" box="[192,1367,1715,1738]" pageId="24" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF968A7FFF5BF93E004F7281" bold="true" box="[192,360,1715,1738]" pageId="24" pageNumber="23">Figures 94–95:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF968A7FFEF5F938036B7281" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[366,588,1717,1738]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="24" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF968A7FFEF5F938036B7281" box="[366,588,1717,1738]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="23">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF968A7FFDC9F93803AF7281" bold="true" box="[594,648,1717,1738]" pageId="24" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF968A7FFDC9F93803AF7281" box="[594,648,1717,1738]" pageId="24" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF978A7EFF5BFC830398778B" blockId="25.[192,802,199,1911]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFF5BFC8300B5776E" bold="true" box="[192,402,782,805]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Trichobothriotaxy</emphasis>
. Neobothriotaxic minorante, 
<typeStatus id="2C25ACABFF978A7EFD6FFC830205776E" box="[756,802,782,805]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">type</typeStatus>
Aβ (Vachon, 1974); femur 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFE7DFCA300D4770E" box="[486,499,814,837]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">d</emphasis>
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vestigial, indistinguishable from chemotactic microsetae, patella 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFDFAFCC00349772F" box="[609,622,845,868]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">d</emphasis>
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slightly larger; other buthid petite trichobothria, chela 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFDF2FCE103A077C8" box="[617,647,876,899]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Eb</emphasis>
<subScript id="6F1A104CFF978A7EFD1CFCFB03B777CE" attach="left" box="[647,656,886,901]" fontSize="6" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">3</subScript>
, 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFD04FCE103E077C8" box="[671,711,876,899]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Esb</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFD65FCE1020677C8" box="[766,801,876,899]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">esb</emphasis>
present; patella with 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFE34FC0700F577EA" box="[431,466,906,929]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">esb</emphasis>
<subScript id="6F1A104CFF978A7EFE49FC1900FC77E8" attach="left" box="[466,475,916,931]" fontSize="6" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">1</subScript>
slightly proximal to 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFD54FC0703D477EA" box="[719,755,906,929]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">esb</emphasis>
<subScript id="6F1A104CFF978A7EFD68FC1903DB77E8" attach="left" box="[755,764,916,931]" fontSize="6" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">2</subScript>
on left segment, slight distal to it on right segment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF978A7EFF5BFC4500E9726E" blockId="25.[192,802,199,1911]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFF5BFC4501D27794" bold="true" box="[192,245,968,991]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Legs</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFE93FC4500B77794" box="[264,400,968,991]" captionStart="Figures 87–90" captionStartId="22.[192,278,1414,1437]" captionTargetBox="[200,1422,178,1374]" captionTargetId="figure-10@22.[192,1437,168,1384]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="Figures 87–90: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI, holotype male, right legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect. Dry color." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Figs. 87–90</figureCitation>
). Relatively elongated; femora with finely granulate or denticulate carinae, surfaces finely granulated prolaterally, faintly granulated or smooth retrolaterally; patellae with weakly granulated carinae, faintly granular prolaterally, smooth retrolaterally; tibiae and tarsomeres smooth; legs III–IV with small tibial spurs; retrolateral pedal spurs simple, non-setose; prolateral pedal spurs simple, non-setose on I–II, basally bifurcate, bearing single macroseta on III–IV; 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFD49FB3001CB70B8" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">chaetotaxy</emphasis>
: coxa, femora, patella and tibia of all legs bearing variable numbers of short to medium length, straight, dark-reddish macrosetae; tarsi with mix of short and longer, dark-reddish macrosetae; basitarsi I–III slightly compressed with flat retrolateral surfaces, with bristle combs consisting of retrosuperior series of longer macrosetae, plus retroinferior and proinferior series of shorter macrosetae; bristle comb setal counts (retrosuperior/ retroinferior): I 4/6, II 4–5/8, III 6/8–9; telotarsi with two rows of short setae on ventral aspect, 16– 18 setae on telotarsus III.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF978A7EFF5BF9A0050D7796" blockId="25.[192,802,199,1911]" lastBlockId="25.[830,1441,199,1020]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFF5BF9A000A7720F" bold="true" box="[192,384,1581,1604]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<typeStatus id="2C25ACABFF978A7EFF5BF9A0000F720F" box="[192,296,1581,1604]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
female
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFE0FF9A0033D720F" box="[404,538,1581,1604]" captionStart="Figures 43–46" captionStartId="16.[192,278,1662,1685]" captionTargetBox="[202,1414,206,1623]" captionTargetId="figure-10@16.[192,1439,193,1632]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="Figures 43–46: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 43–44. Male holotype in dorsal (43) and ventral (44) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Figures 45–46: Female paratype in dorsal (48) and ventral (49) aspects. Scale bar: 5 mm. Dry color." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Figs. 45–46</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFDB2F9A00349720F" box="[553,622,1581,1604]" captionStart="Figures 47–52" captionStartId="17.[192,278,1566,1589]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,204,1537]" captionTargetId="figure-6@17.[192,1437,205,1536]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figures 47–52: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 47–49. Male paratype, carapace and tergites (47), coxosternal area and sternites (48), carapace and tergites I–III (49). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Figures 50–52. Female paratype, carapace and tergites (50), coxosternal area and sternites (51), carapace and tergites I–IV (52). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">50–52</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFDE5F9A0023A720F" box="[638,797,1581,1604]" captionStart="Figures 53–60" captionStartId="19.[192,278,1302,1325]" captionTargetBox="[191,1437,211,1273]" captionTargetId="figure-6@19.[192,1437,212,1272]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figures 53–60: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. from locality No. 15EI. Figures 53–54. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I– IV (53) and coxosternal area and sternites (54). Figures 55–56. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–IV (55) and coxosternal area and sternites (56). Figures 57–58. Pedipalp movable finger dentition of paratypes male (57) and female (58). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figures 59–60. Dorsal view of whole pedipalp (trochanter, femur, patella and chela) of paratypes male (59) and female (60). Scale bar: 1 mm. Dry color (53–58), wet UV/ color (59–60)." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">55–56, 58, 60</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFF5BF9C600217229" box="[192,262,1611,1634]" captionStart-0="Figures 61–80" captionStart-1="Figures 81–86" captionStartId-0="20.[192,278,1542,1565]" captionStartId-1="21.[192,278,1539,1562]" captionTargetBox-0="[192,1435,189,1509]" captionTargetBox-1="[195,1431,181,1505]" captionTargetId-0="figure-10@20.[192,1437,181,1512]" captionTargetId-1="figure-6@21.[192,1437,168,1509]" captionTargetPageId-0="20" captionTargetPageId-1="21" captionText-0="Figures 61–80: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n.from locality No. 15EI. Figures 61–67.Male holotype, pedipalp segments. Patella dorsal (61), external (62) and ventral (63). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (65), dorsal (66), and external (67).Figures 68– 73.Female paratype, pedipalp segments. Femur dorsal (68). Patella dorsal (69) and external (70). Femur dorsal (64). Chela ventral (71), dorsal (72), and external (73). Figures 74–80. Female, trichobothrial map. Patella dorsal (74) and external (75). Femur internal (76) and dorsal (77). Chela ventral (78), dorsal (79), and external (80). Dry color (61–73), dry UV (74–80)." captionText-1="Figures 81–86: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n.from locality No. 15EI, paratypes, metasoma and telson. Figures. 81–83. Female, dorsal (81), lateral (82), and ventral (83). Figures 84–86. Male, dorsal (84), lateral (85), and ventral (86). Scale bars: 1 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">68–83</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFE89F9C600087229" box="[274,303,1611,1634]" captionStart="Figures 94–95" captionStartId="24.[192,278,1715,1738]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1685]" captionTargetId="figure-10@24.[192,1439,192,1684]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="Figures 94–95: Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n., in vivo habitus at locality No. 15EI. Paratypes male (94) and female (95)." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">95</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFEA7F9C600BB7229" box="[316,412,1611,1634]" captionStart="Figures 148–153" captionStartId="39.[192,278,1629,1652]" captionTargetBox="[212,1427,205,1557]" captionTargetId="figure-6@39.[192,1439,199,1569]" captionTargetPageId="39" captionText="Figures 148–153: Chelicerae of female Neobuthus spp. Figures 148–150. N. cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001, dorsal (148), ventrointernal (149), and ventral (150). Figures 151–153. N. eritreaensis sp. n., paratype, dorsal (151), ventrointernal (152), and ventral (153). Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Wet UV/ color." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">151–153</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFE32F9C600F27229" box="[425,469,1611,1634]" captionStart="Figures 154–160" captionStartId="40.[192,278,1578,1601]" captionTargetBox="[192,1436,174,1542]" captionTargetId="figure-10@40.[192,1439,168,1548]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="Figures 154–160: Figures 154–156. Chelicerae of female paratype Neobuthus kutcheri sp. n., dorsal (154), ventrointernal (155), and ventral (156). Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Figures 157–160. Telotarsus III ventral setation of female Neobuthus spp. Figure 157. N. cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001. Figure 158. N. awashensis Kovařík &amp; Lowe, 2012. Figure 159. N. eritreaensis sp. n., paratype. Figure 160. N. kutcheri sp. n., paratype. Scale bars: 0.2 mm. Wet UV/ color (154–156), dry UV (157–160)." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">159</figureCitation>
). Color pattern very similar to that of male, but fuscous patterns weaker on metasoma, and on dorsolateral surfaces of metasomal segments I– III. Other differences from male include: larger size (total length of adult male 18.0 mm, adult female 
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); carapace with less dense granulation, coarser wellseparated granules on interocular triangle; tergites with sparser granulation, anterior areas finely shagreened medially, smooth laterally; tergite VII with weaker, finer granulation; weak, granulated median carinae present on metasomal segments I–III; metasomal segments I–III sparser granulation on intercarinal surfaces, dorsal surface of I–II very sparsely granular, of III–V smooth; all metasomal carinae more strongly developed; segments II–III with stronger dentate granulation on ventrosubmedian carinae, posterior denticles larger than anterior denticles; segment V with larger lobate granules on posterior ventrolateral carinae, lateral surface weakly, sparsely granular; telson more bulbous, with stronger granulation, sternites III–V completely smooth, IV smooth medially, sparsely granulated laterally; sternite VII with nearly uniform, fine granulation, somewhat more sparse than in male, 2 pairs of carinae well marked by enlarged granules; genital opercula more elongated, with 4–5 setae, posterior ends overlapping pectine basal piece; pectine basal piece with shallower, broader Ushaped anterior invagination; pectines with smaller teeth, shorter, distal tips extending to distal limit of coxa IV, 6–7 middle lamellae, basal middle lamella somewhat narrower along axial dimension; pedipalp chela more stout (compare L/ W ratios in 
<tableCitation id="BE1C27B2FF978A7EFB04FCA105C67708" box="[1183,1249,812,835]" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="41.[192,257,1229,1252]" captionText="Table 4: Variation in selected morphometric ratios of Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001, N. eritreaensis sp. n. and N. kutcheri" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Tab.4</tableCitation>
); pedipalp femur with much weaker, sparser granulation, almost smooth; pedipalp patella and chela smooth; femora and patellae of legs smooth on prolateral surfaces; macrosetae on pedipalps, legs, metasoma and telson much longer and finer than in the male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF978A7EFCA5FC68054C77B0" blockId="25.[830,1441,199,1020]" box="[830,1131,996,1020]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFCA5FC6802C277B7" bold="true" box="[830,997,997,1020]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Measurements</emphasis>
. See 
<tableCitation id="BE1C27B2FF978A7EFBBBFC69054C77B0" box="[1056,1131,996,1019]" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="27.[192,257,1056,1079]" captionText="Table 2: Measurements of holotype male and paratype female of Neobuthus eritreaensis sp. n. (both adults). Abbreviations: length (L), width (W), anterior width (aW), posterior width (pW), depth (D)." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Tab. 2.</tableCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF978A7EFCA5FBAF02DC70F8" blockId="25.[830,1440,1058,1203]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
VARIATION. For variation in selected morphometric ratios and meristics, see 
<tableCitation id="BE1C27B2FF978A7EFBC9FBCD05E5701C" box="[1106,1218,1088,1111]" captionStart-0="Table 4" captionStart-1="Table 5" captionStartId-0="41.[192,257,1229,1252]" captionStartId-1="42.[192,257,1142,1165]" captionText-0="Table 4: Variation in selected morphometric ratios of Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001, N. eritreaensis sp. n. and N. kutcheri" captionText-1="Table 5: Variation in selected meristic data of Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001, N. eritreaensis sp. n. and N. kutcheri sp. n.." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Tabs. 4–5</tableCitation>
. Coloration patterns were fairly consistent across the examined material, although fuscous markings could be lighter or darker in some individuals.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF978A7EFCA5FB5704AE7268" blockId="25.[830,1440,1242,1571]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
COMPARISONS. 
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFC75FB57052770BA" box="[1006,1024,1242,1265]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">N</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFB88FB5705B670BA" box="[1043,1169,1242,1265]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFB04FB5705C670BA" bold="true" box="[1183,1249,1242,1265]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF978A7EFB04FB5705C670BA" box="[1183,1249,1242,1265]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is similar to 
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF978A7EFA1CFB5705357144" authorityName="Lourenco" authorityYear="2001" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cloudsleythompsoni">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFA1CFB5704BE70BA" box="[1415,1433,1242,1265]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">N</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFCA5FB7505357144" box="[830,1042,1272,1295]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">cloudsleythompsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, sharing a 3-striped pattern on the tergites, very short macrosetae on male pedipalps and metasoma, and granulated male sternites. It differs from 
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF978A7EFCA5FAD905117120" authorityName="Lourenco" authorityYear="2001" box="[830,1078,1364,1387]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cloudsleythompsoni">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFCA5FAD902777120" box="[830,848,1364,1387]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">N</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFCF9FAD905117120" box="[866,1078,1364,1387]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">cloudsleythompsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as follows: fuscosity infiltrating area between anterior median carinae of carapace (vs. clear), female sternite VII granulated with four granulated carinae (vs. smooth with carinae obsolete), higher mean pectinal tooth count (
<tableCitation id="BE1C27B2FF978A7EFBE2FA4205E271AD" box="[1145,1221,1487,1510]" captionStart="Table 5" captionStartId="42.[192,257,1142,1165]" captionText="Table 5: Variation in selected meristic data of Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001, N. eritreaensis sp. n. and N. kutcheri sp. n.." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Tab. 5</tableCitation>
), more stout metasomal segments (
<tableCitation id="BE1C27B2FF978A7EFB96FA630578724E" box="[1037,1119,1518,1541]" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="41.[192,257,1229,1252]" captionText="Table 4: Variation in selected morphometric ratios of Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001, N. eritreaensis sp. n. and N. kutcheri" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Tab. 4</tableCitation>
), ventral surface of telson strongly granulated (vs. weakly granulated or smooth).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF978A7EFCA5F9C704AB733E" blockId="25.[830,1422,1610,1909]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
COMMENTS ON LOCALITIES AND LIFE STRATEGY. The second author visited the locality 15EI (
<figureCitation id="6BA50E8CFF978A7EFB61F9E5046C7234" box="[1274,1355,1640,1663]" captionStart="Figures 96–97" captionStartId="26.[192,278,1832,1855]" captionTargetBox="[191,1440,191,1803]" captionTargetId="figure-10@26.[192,1439,192,1802]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figures 96–97: Habitats of Neobuthus spp. Collection sites for Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni Lourenço, 2001 in Ethiopia, locality No. 15EW (96), and N. eritreaensis sp. n. in type locality, Eritrea, locality No. 15EI (97)." pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Fig. 97</figureCitation>
) on 
<date id="872034C9FF978A7EFA1BF9E502CB72D5" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" value="2015-11-04">4 November 2015</date>
and collected with UV light. Males of 
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF978A7EFCA5F92B051072F6" authority="Lowe &amp; Kovařík, 2016" authorityName="Lowe &amp; Kovařík" authorityYear="2016" box="[830,1079,1702,1725]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eritreaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFCA5F92B051072F6" box="[830,1079,1702,1725]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Neobuthus eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFBA4F92B055B72F6" bold="true" box="[1087,1148,1702,1725]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF978A7EFBA4F92B055B72F6" box="[1087,1148,1702,1725]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
were active immediately after sunset but females appeared later. At the locality, the second author recorded after sunset air temperature 31.5°C. In addition to 
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFBC5F88F04207352" box="[1118,1287,1794,1817]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">N. eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFA82F88F04467352" bold="true" box="[1305,1377,1794,1817]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF978A7EFA82F88F04467352" box="[1305,1377,1794,1817]" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
he recorded at this locality 
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF978A7EFBF6F8AD041B737C" box="[1133,1340,1824,1847]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Compsobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF978A7EFBF6F8AD042B737C" box="[1133,1292,1824,1847]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="24">Compsobuthus</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
On 
<date id="872034C9FF978A7EFA1BF8AD02D2731D" pageId="25" pageNumber="24" value="2015-11-08">8 November 2015</date>
, the second author stopped on the second locality 15EK very near to 15EI and found
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3211209FF948A7DFF5BF8A5054C7313" blockId="26.[192,1441,1832,1880]" pageId="26" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF948A7DFF5BF8A5004C7374" bold="true" box="[192,363,1832,1855]" pageId="26" pageNumber="25">Figures 96–97:</emphasis>
Habitats of 
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF948A7DFE70F8A703757374" box="[491,594,1834,1855]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="25">Neobuthus</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
Collection sites for 
<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF948A7DFCCAF8A704037374" authority="Lourenco, 2001" authorityName="Lourenco" authorityYear="2001" box="[849,1316,1834,1855]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="26" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cloudsleythompsoni">
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF948A7DFCCAF8A705A77374" box="[849,1152,1834,1855]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="25">Neobuthus cloudsleythompsoni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="970F6FF8FF948A7DFB13F8A704037374" author="LOURENCO" box="[1160,1316,1834,1855]" pageId="26" pageNumber="25" pagination="171 - 183" refId="ref19442" refString="LOURENCO, W. R. 2001. Taxonomic considerations on the genera Butheolus Simon, Nanobuthus Pocock and Neobuthus Hirst (Scorpions, Buthidae) with the description of a new species of Neobuthus from Ethiopia. Ecology of Desert Environments, 2001: 171 - 183." type="journal article" year="2001">Lourenço, 2001</bibRefCitation>
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in Ethiopia, locality No. 15EW (96), and 
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF948A7DFE4CF8CE03437313" box="[471,612,1859,1880]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="25">N. eritreaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF948A7DFDF0F8CE03867313" bold="true" box="[619,673,1859,1880]" pageId="26" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DAD97360FF948A7DFDF0F8CE03867313" box="[619,673,1859,1880]" pageId="26" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in type locality, Eritrea, locality No. 15EI (97).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="349E698AFF958A7CFDE4FF59022474A5" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1911" box="[639,771,212,238]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Neobuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Neobuthus</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFC90FF5902B074A5" box="[779,919,212,238]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">eritreaensis</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFC05FF59029B74A5" box="[926,956,212,238]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">sp</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFC27FF5902E574A5" box="[956,962,212,238]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFC52FF5902FC74A5" box="[969,987,212,238]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">n</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFC41FF5902C774A5" box="[986,992,212,238]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEDBFF7300CA7553" box="[320,493,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Measurement</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFE68FF7300DC7553" box="[499,507,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">(</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFE67FF7303177553" box="[508,560,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">mm</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFDB4FF7303107553" box="[559,567,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFCC7FF7302E97553" box="[860,974,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">
<typeStatus id="2C25ACABFF958A7CFCC7FF7302E97553" box="[860,974,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFC4DFF7302CB7553" box="[982,1004,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">
<specimenCount id="E598D980FF958A7CFC4DFF7302CB7553" box="[982,1004,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFBEFFF7305C17553" box="[1140,1254,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">
<typeStatus id="2C25ACABFF958A7CFBEFFF7305C17553" box="[1140,1254,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
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<specimenCount id="E598D980FF958A7CFB76FF7304247553" box="[1261,1283,254,280]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFEBF05FE7502" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1241,306,329]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Total L 18.00 26.50</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFED405FE753B" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1241,345,368]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Metasoma + Telson L 11.50 17.00</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFE0D040475DC" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1315,384,407]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Carapace L/ aW/ pW 2.368 /1.041 /2.857 3.266 /1.633 /3.796</paragraph>
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Preocular L 
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<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFE40040375AF" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1316,461,484]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Metasoma I L/ W/ D 1.510 /1.612 /1.408 2.123 /2.204 /1.878</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFE7904037640" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1316,500,523]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Metasoma II L/ W/ D 1.714 /1.429 /1.388 2.449 /2.000 /1.959</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFDE504037634" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1316,616,639]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Metasoma V L/ W/ D 2.612 /1.327 /1.174 3.653 /1.837 /1.596</paragraph>
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Telson L 
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<geoCoordinate id="96AA74CEFF958A7CFB06FD0305FE76EE" box="[1181,1241,654,677]" degrees="2.898" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" precision="55" value="2.898">2.898</geoCoordinate>
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<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFD3804037687" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1316,693,716]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Vesicle L/ W/ D 1.347 /0.898 /0.847 1.755 /1.286 /1.190</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFD51040476B8" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1315,732,755]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Pedipalp chela L/ W/ D 2.531 /0.500 /0.531 3.429 /0.755 /0.806</paragraph>
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Pedipalp movable finger L 
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Pedipalp manus ventral L 
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<geoCoordinate id="96AA74CEFF958A7CFB05FCA405FD770B" box="[1182,1242,809,832]" degrees="1.286" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" precision="55" value="1.286">1.286</geoCoordinate>
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Pedipalp fixed finger L 
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Pedipalp femur L/ 
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/0.612 2.041 /0.837
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Pedipalp patella L/ 
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/0.786 2.755 /1.102
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Pectine L 
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<geoCoordinate id="96AA74CEFF958A7CFB05FC4905FD7790" box="[1182,1242,964,987]" degrees="2.633" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" precision="55" value="2.633">2.633</geoCoordinate>
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<paragraph id="F3211209FF958A7CFEBDFC6705F7704A" blockId="27.[294,1316,306,1025]" box="[294,1232,1002,1025]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">No. of lateral eyes Left/ Right 5/ 5 5/ 5</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF958A7CFF5BFBAD0006707C" bold="true" box="[192,289,1056,1079]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Table 2:</emphasis>
Measurements of holotype male and paratype female of 
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(both adults). Abbreviations: length (L), width (W), anterior width (aW), posterior width (pW), depth (D).
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<specimenCount id="E598D980FF958A7CFF5BFB09004A70D0" box="[192,365,1156,1179]" pageId="27" pageNumber="26" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
during day under stones lying in sand near 
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trees. In addition to 
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF958A7CFDB2FB2E03EF70F1" box="[553,712,1187,1210]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">N. eritreaensis</emphasis>
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the second author recorded at this locality 
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF958A7CFD34FB4F002070BC" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Compsobuthus</emphasis>
sp.
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and 
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<emphasis id="C1EACE1BFF958A7CFEFBFB6D037970BC" box="[352,606,1248,1271]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="26">Parabuthus abyssinicus</emphasis>
(Pocock, 1901)
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.
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