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Based on the following combination of characters, the three new species appear to be most closely related to
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, a poorly collected and taxonomically confused species recorded from
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;
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,
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;
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFDD64D5FFAA052EA5D986D232D6979C" author="Prendini, L." box="[1017,1212,393,420]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" pagination="25 - 68" refId="ref16691" refString="Prendini, L. 2005 a. Scorpion diversity and distribution in southern Africa: Pattern and process. In B. A. Huber, B. J. Sinclair, and K. - L. Lampe (editors.) African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5 th International Symposium on Tropical Biology, Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn: 25 - 68. New York: Springer Verlag." type="book chapter" year="2005">Prendini, 2005a</bibRefCitation>
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): metasoma, lateral and ventral surfaces smooth, acarinate and markedly punctate (fig. 2B, D, F), segments IV and V more setose than preceding segments, especially on dorsosubmedian and dorsolateral carinae; telson vesicle, lateral and ventral surfaces smooth, acarinate and markedly punctate, with small, blunt subaculear tubercle, ventral surfaces moderately setose, becoming more so distally at base of aculeus and around subaculear tubercle; metasoma and telson, base coloration progressively darkening posteriorly, with segment IV, and to a greater extent, segment V and telson, darker than preceding segments; chela manus, prodorsal surface with multiple spiniform granules and macrosetae distally (especially in adult male).
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Several
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(
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). However, this species, as well as
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, and
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, differ markedly from
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= 12). Their habitus is robust and compact, the pedipalps shorter, with a broader chela manus (more so in the adult male) and shorter fingers, and the metasomal segments and telson short and broad (more so in the adult female), whereas the habitus of
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, which is epigeic and corticolous (
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<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA4D5832E35F892B6" authority="Prendini, 2015" authorityName="Prendini" authorityYear="2015" box="[757,914,1140,1166]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="katangensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA4D5832E35F892B6" box="[757,914,1140,1166]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. katangensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B784DFFAA052EA580832E359292B7" box="[928,1016,1141,1167]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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).
|
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="8BF31924FFAA052EA68883C234A29131" blockId="2.[120,1226,281,1802]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
|
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The three new species also differ from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA4B283C1356C928B" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1911" box="[658,774,1177,1203]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chubbi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA4B283C1356C928B" box="[658,774,1177,1203]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. chubbi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in coloration, being generally more infuscate (fig. 2B, D, F) than the latter. The carapace is mostly infuscate in the new species, whereas the carapace is immaculate, except for an infuscate median band, in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA23C83BE32E792C6" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1911" box="[1052,1165,1252,1278]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chubbi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA23C83BE32E792C6" box="[1052,1165,1252,1278]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. chubbi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The tergites of the new species are also mostly infuscate, except for an immaculate median stripe in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA6BA826B37299371" authority="Prendini, 2015" authorityName="Prendini" authorityYear="2015" box="[154,323,1327,1353]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zambezicus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA6BA826B37299371" box="[154,323,1327,1353]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. zambezicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B784DFFAA052EA774827437D89371" box="[340,434,1327,1353]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, whereas the tergites of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA4FC826B35279371" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1911" box="[732,845,1327,1353]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chubbi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA4FC826B35279371" box="[732,845,1327,1353]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. chubbi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are mostly immaculate, except for two narrow infuscate stripes submedially and another two sublaterally. The chelicerae are partially infuscate in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA75E8221347593AC" authority="Prendini, 2015" authorityName="Prendini" authorityYear="2015" box="[382,543,1402,1428]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malawicus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA75E8221347593AC" box="[382,543,1402,1428]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. malawicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B784DFFAA052EA40F822134E493AC" box="[559,654,1402,1428]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA4F38221351493AC" authority="Prendini, 2015" authorityName="Prendini" authorityYear="2015" box="[723,894,1402,1428]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="katangensis" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA4F38221351493AC" box="[723,894,1402,1428]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. katangensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B784DFFAA052EA5AF8221358793AC" box="[911,1005,1402,1428]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, whereas they are immaculate in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA70C82FB37BE9381" authority="Prendini, 2015" authorityName="Prendini" authorityYear="2015" box="[300,468,1439,1465]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zambezicus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA70C82FB37BE9381" box="[300,468,1439,1465]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. zambezicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B784DFFAA052EA7C382C434559381" box="[483,575,1439,1465]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA45F82FB34859381" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1911" box="[639,751,1439,1465]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chubbi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA45F82FB34859381" box="[639,751,1439,1465]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. chubbi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The pedipalp chela manus of the three new species is infuscate, contrasting with the mostly or entirely immaculate chela fingers, patella, femur, and trochanter, whereas the pedipalp of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA53C82B135E7903C" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1911" box="[796,909,1514,1540]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chubbi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA53C82B135E7903C" box="[796,909,1514,1540]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. chubbi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is immaculate, except for the chela fingers, which are infuscate. Finally, the dorsomedian surfaces of metasomal segments I–IV are more concave and coarsely shagreened in the new species than in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA271816E32AB9076" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1911" box="[1105,1217,1588,1614]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Uroplectes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chubbi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA271816E32AB9076" box="[1105,1217,1588,1614]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">U. chubbi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Indeed, the markedly concave, shagreened dorsomedian surfaces on metasomal segments I–IV of these species resemble the stridulatory surfaces on the metasomal segments of most
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4C62A7FFAA052EA65881FF37CF9086" authority="Pocock, 1890" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1890" box="[120,421,1700,1726]" class="Arachnida" family="Buthidae" genus="Parabuthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scorpiones" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B938C536FFAA052EA65881FF36949086" box="[120,254,1700,1726]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Parabuthus</emphasis>
|
||
Pocock, 1890
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
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|
||
;
|
||
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|
||
) and, together with the robust metasoma and worn tips of the aculeus observed in some specimens, suggest that these species may also be capable of stridulation.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
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