Pandinus (Pandinurus) sudanicus Hirst, 1911

Kovařík, František, 2012, Review of the subgenus Pandinurus Fet, 1997 with descriptions of three new species (Scorpiones, Scorpionidae, Pandinus), Euscorpius 141, pp. 1-22 : 3-6

Pandinus (Pandinurus) sudanicus Hirst, 1911 , stat. n.

( Figs. 40–41, 64)

Pandinus exitialis sudanicus Hirst, 1911: 219 .

Pandinus magrettii: Birula, 1928: 85 (in part).

Pandinus (Pandinurus) magrettii (in part): Fet, 2000: 471–472; Kovařík, 2009: 54.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. South Sudan, Gebel Mts. , S of Obeid ; BMNH.

DIAGNOSIS: Total length 90–111 mm. Chela of pedipalp bears 11–12 ventral trichobothria. Color of adults uniformly reddish black, legs yellow to yellowish, always lighter-colored than body. Pectinal teeth number 16–22. Dorsal surface of manus tuberculate. Chela internal with two longitudinal carinae obviously smooth. Male has more pronounced tooth on movable finger of pedipalp. Tarsomere II with 2 spines on inclined anteroventral surface. Spination formula of tarsomere II = 5/4: 6-7/4: 6-7/4-5: 6-7/4-5. Tarsomere I of all legs with spina distal prosuperior.

COMMENTS. P. sudanicus stat. n. is treated here as a valid species. The previous placement of this taxon either as a subspecies of P. exitialis ( Hirst, 1911: 219) or as a synonym of P. magrettii ( Birula, 1928: 85) reflects its morphological affinity with these species in two respects. Males of P. exitialis have similarly to P. sudanicus stat. n. in having more pronounced tooth on the movable finger of pedipalp ( Fig. 41), which is not the case of P. magrettii ( Fig. 3). Adults of both sexes of P. magrettii have similarly to P. sudanicus stat. n. in having the dorsal surface of the manus tuberculate but without conspicuous granules ( Figs. 3 and 41), which to the contrary are characteristic of P. exitialis ( Figs. 43 and 44).