Microbuthus litoralis ( Pavesi, 1885 )

Kovařík, František & Lowe, Graeme, 2022, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXVIII Scorpions of Djibouti, Euscorpius 357, pp. 1-31 : 5-10

Microbuthus litoralis ( Pavesi, 1885)

( Figures 71–72 , 113 )

Butheolus littoralis Pavesi, 1885: 197–198 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 37.

Microbuthus litoralis: Birula, 1905: 445–449 , fig. 1; Vachon, 1949: 389 (1952: 317, figs. 466, 469, 471, 476); Vachon, 1974: 909, fig. 42; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 182 (complete reference list until 2010); Lourenço, 2002: 169, 172, fig. 2; Lowe, 2010: 16; Lourenco, 2011: 329–332, figs. 1–8; Kovařík et al., 2016a: 11; Lowe et al., 2018: 20, figs. 36, 38–39, 64–65.

= Microbuthus pusillus Kraepelin, 1898: 42 ; Kraepelin, 1899: 37–38, fig. 19; Kovařík, 2003: 135, 142, 154, tab. 1; Lowe, 2010: 16 (syn. by Lourenco, 2011: 329).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Eritrea, S of Assab ; ZMUH .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Djibouti, Gulf of Aden , Tadjura Bay, 1♀ juv. (holotype of Microbuthus pusillus Kraepelin, 1898 ) , ZMUH No. A 22/11 .

OTHER DJIBOUTI MATERIAL EXAMINED. Djibouti, Obok, II.1893, 2♀ , ZMUH; northeast, 8. V.2009 , 1♀ 4juvs., leg. T. Anthony , ZMUH No. A 23/11; Arta Province, Djalelo , 11.3652°N 42.8404°E, 690 m a. s. l., 11.X.2013, 1♀ ( Figs 71–72 , No. 7964) 1im., leg. J. Lips , FKCP; Ali Sabieh Province, Gestir , 11.02°N 42.96°E, 440 m a. s. l., 31.I.2014, 1juv. (No. 8743), leg. J. Lips ; FKCP; Ali Sabieh Province, Ali Sabieh, 11.15°N 42.69°E, 750 m a. s. l., 31.I.2014, 1juv. (No. 8756), leg. J. Lips , NMPC; Arta Province, Arta, 11.4771°N 42.7710°E, 445 m a. s. l., 15. V.2014, 1im. (No. 9395), leg. J. Lips , FKCP.

DISTRIBUTION. Djibouti, Eritrea, Yemen ( Fig. 113 ; Lowe et al., 2018: 19, fig. 138).

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Figure 113. Confirmed geographic distribution of scorpions in Djibouti. Maps created in Google Maps (2022).

Figures 71–72. Microbuthus litoralis, female from Djibouti, Arta Province, Djalelo, 11.3652°N 42.8404°E, 690 m a. s. l. in dorsal (71) and ventral (72) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.