Parabuthus evae, Kovařík & Lowe & Elmi & Šťáhlavský, 2024

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman & Šťáhlavský, František, 2024, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXX. Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part III), with description of three new species from Somaliland and occurrence of Parabuthus eritreaensis Kovařík, 2003, Euscorpius 385, pp. 1-27 : 14

Parabuthus evae sp. n.

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TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somaliland , E of Las Anod, 8.530814°N 47.420496°E, 623 m a. s. l. ; FKCP

TYPE MATERIAL ( FKCP). Somaliland , E of Las Anod, 8.530814°N 47.420496°E, 623 m a. s. l (Locality No. 21SC, Fig. 59 ), 8.X.2021, 1♂ (holotype, DNA-1991, Figs. 58 , 60– 82 ), leg. F. KovařÍk.

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Figures 58–59: Parabuthus evae sp. n., male holotype. Figure 58. Female holotype in vivo habitus. Figure 59. Locality, Somaliland, E of Las Anod.

Figures 60–61. Parabuthus evae sp. n., male holotype, in dorsal (60) and ventral (61) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 62–71: Parabuthus evae sp. n., male holotype. Figure 62. Carapace and tergites I–V. Figure 63. Sternopectinal area and sternites. Figures 64–67. Right legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect. Figure 68. Metasoma V, and telson in lateral view. Figures 69–71. Metasoma and telson in lateral (69), ventral (70), and dorsal (71) views. Scale bars: 10 mm (69–71).

Figures 72–93: Figures 72–82: Parabuthus evae sp. n., male holotype. Figures 83–93: Parabuthus cimrmani, male holotype. Figures 72–93. Right pedipalp, chela in dorsal (72, 83), external (73, 84), and ventral (74, 85) views, patella in dorsal (75, 86), external (76, 87), and ventral (77, 88) views, femur and trochanter in internal (78, 89), dorsal (79, 90), and ventral (80, 91) views. Dentate margins of movable (81, 92) and fixed (82, 93) fingers. Trichobothrial pattern indicated in Figures 73–76 and 78–79 by white circles.

Figures 128–129: Figure 128. Map showing confirmed distribution of Parabuthus spp. In Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland. Figure 129. Parabuthus eritreaensis, female from Somaliland in vivo habitus.