Buthus awashensis KovařÍk, 2011

Kovařík, František, Šťáhlavský, František & Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman, 2020, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXIII Buthus (Buthidae), with description of two new species, Euscorpius 307, pp. 1-32 : 3

Buthus awashensis KovařÍk, 2011

( Figures 1–4, 176–177, 186, 191, 195–197, 210, Table 3)

Buthus awashensis KovařÍk, 2011: 1–6 , figs. 5–17, 23; Sousa et al., 2017: 37 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Ethiopia, Awash , Metahara env., 08°54'N 39°54 'E, 960-1050 m . a. s. l.; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Ethiopia, Awash, Metahara env., 08°54'N 39°54'E, 960-1050 m a. s. l., XI.2010, 2♂ (holotype and paratype) , leg. T. Mazuch and P. NovÁk , FKCP, 19.-22. VII.2011, 31♂ (paratypes) 28♀ (allotype and paratypes) 25 juveniles (paratypes), FKCP, 1♂ 1♀ (paratypes) , AZMM; 1♀ im.2juvs. (paratypes) , BMNH, 1♀ 1juv. (paratypes) , CASC; 1♀ 1juv. (paratypes) , HNHM, 1♀ im. 1juv. (paratypes) , MRAC, 1♂ 1♀ 1♂ im. 1juv. (paratypes) , NHMB, 1♀ im. 1juv. (paratypes) , RMNH, 1♂ 1♀ (paratypes) , RTOC, 1♀ im. 1juv. (paratypes) , ZMHB, 1♀ 1juv. (paratypes) , ZMUH, leg. F. KovařÍk; Dire Dawa, 09°34.647'N 41°50.33'E, 1249 m a. s. l., XI.2010, 1♂ (paratype) , leg. T. Mazuch and P. NovÁk , FKCP.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED ( FKCP). Ethiopia, 13°43'10"N 39°55'34"E, 879 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12 EI), 18.XI.2012, 1♂ 1♀ , leg. F. KovařÍk; 11°37'02"N 40°08'34"E, 819 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12 EKA), 20.XI.2012, 1♀ 1juv. , leg. F. KovařÍk; 11°43'22"N 40°56'52"E, 457 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12 EMA), 20.XI.2012, 1juv. , leg. F. KovařÍk ( UV detection); 11°43'30"N 40°58'45"E, 404 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12EM), 20.XI.2012 , 3juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk ( UV detection); Gewane , 10°09'38"N 40°39'45"E, 631 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12 EO), 23.XI.2012, 5♂ 8♀ 41juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk, ( UV detection); 09°08'10.4"N 40°09'45.5"E, 835 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12ER), 24.XI.2012, 1♀ , leg. F. KovařÍk; Awash , 09°00'34.5"N 40°17'56.5"E, 1012 m. a. s. l. (Locality No. 12 EW), 25.XI.2012, 1♀ , leg. F. KovařÍk; Awash, Metahara env., 08°54'N 39°54'E, 960-1050 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 12 EX), 25.XI.2012, 1♂ 1♀ 3juvs. (290), topotypes, leg. F. KovařÍk; Afar State, 09°08'10.4"N 40°09'45.5"E, 835 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 14 ET = 12ER), 26.-27.XI.2014, 2♂ 5juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk; Afar State, Shewa Province , 20km N Awash, 09°11'52"N 40°08'04"E, 788 m a. s. l., 2. VI.2015, 4♂ 3♀ 15juvs., leg. Pavel Kučera, 27.-30.XI.2014, 1♀ 4juvs., leg. F. KovařÍk; Afar State, Shewa Province , 10km N Metahara, 08°57'01"N 39°50'30"E, 980 m a. s. l., 5. VI.2015, 1♀ , leg. Pavel Kučera.

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 45–62 mm. Mesosoma and carapace dark (grey to black) with orange spots and median black strip. Base color of metasoma, pedipalps ad legs yellow or yellowish red with dark spots, reticulations and dark carinae; telson yellow; chelicerae pale yellow, reticulated only in anterior part. Pedipalp movable fingers bear 11–12 rows of granules, obviously with 12 outer and inner denticles and fixed finger with 11 outer and inner denticles. Sexual dimorphism minor; chela of pedipalp narrow in both sexes, its length to width ratio 3.5–4.3 in females and 4.1– 4.8 in males. Telson bulbous, with aculeus shorter than vesicle. Pectinal teeth number 23–28 in females and 30–35 in males.