Buthus paris (C. L. Koch, 1839)

Kovařík, František, 2006, Review of Tunisian species of the genus Buthus with descriptions of two new species and a discussion of Ehrenberg s types (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 34 (34), pp. 1-16 : 6-8

Buthus paris (C. L. Koch, 1839)

( Figs. 9–11 , Table 1)

Androctonus paris C. L. Koch, 1838: 25 , fig. 352; C. L. Koch, 1850: 90.

Buthus occitanus paris: Birula, 1903: 107 ; Birula, 1914: 644; Vachon, 1949: 380; Vachon, 1952: 308; Kovařík, 1998: 106; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 96.

Buthus paris: Lourenço, 2003: 896 .

= Androctonus clytoneus C. L. Koch, 1838: 70 , fig. 384; C. L. Koch, 1850: 90 (syn. by Kraepelin, 1891: 196).

Material examined: Tunisia, Kairovan , 1♂ , May 1930 (collector unknown); Le Kef, 1 juv. 1970 (collector unknown); Le Kef Province, 6 km N Le Kef ( Fig. 9 ), 1 June 2005, 1♂ ( Fig. 10 ) 1♀, leg. F. Kovařík.

Diagnosis: Total adult length 55–75 mm. Legs, metasoma and pedipalps uniformly reddish brown, carapace and mesosoma dark with conspicuous orangish-brown sagittal band or at least spots. Movable fingers of pedipalps bear 12 to 14 rows of granules with one internal and one external granule and three distal granules. In female, chela of pedipalp wider than in male. Pectines with 23–28 teeth in females and 29–34 in males. First metasomal segment with 10 carinae, second to fourth segments with eight carinae (lateral surface of second and third segments with row of granules that may exceed one-half of segment length but does not form a complete carina). Fifth metasomal segment with five carinae. Ventrolateral carinae on metasomal segment terminates in two lobates. Telson bulbous, aculeus shorter than vesicle.

Figures

Figure 9: Locality of Buthus paris (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Tunisia, Le Kef Province, 6 km N Le Kef, 1 June 2005).

Figure 10: Buthus paris, ♂ at the locality pictured in Figure 9.

Figure 11: Buthus paris, ♀ from Morocco (Meknes prov., 17 km NW of Azrou, 33°34.23'N, 05°19.69'W, 16 February 2005, leg. R. Fouquè,H. Fouquè & S. Bečvář).