Lanzatus somalicus Kovařík, 2001

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme & Šťáhlavský, František, 2016, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part IX. Lanzatus, Orthochirus, and Somalicharmus (Buthidae), with description of Lanzatus somalilandus sp. n. and Orthochirus afar sp. n., Euscorpius 232, pp. 1-38 : 2-4

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Lanzatus somalicus Kovařík, 2001 View in CoL

( Figs. 5–6, 11–12, 29, 32–34, 155)

Lanzatus somalicus Kovařík, 2001: 42–44 View in CoL , figs. 1–7; Kovařík, 2003: 135, 141; Fet et al., 2005: 12; Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 108; Kovařík, 2009: 30.

= Sabinebuthus elegans Lourenço, 2001a: 16–20 , figs. 1–6 (type locality and type repository: Somalie, région de Brava, entre Modun et Awai, MNHN); Kovařík, 2003: 135 (syn. by Lourenço, 2001b: 174).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somalia, Gesěra’s mangrove, 01º57'N 45º11'E GoogleMaps ; MZUF.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somalia, Gesěra’s mangrove, 01º57'N 45º11'E, 2 m a.s.l., VIII.1975, SBS (Spedizione Biologica Somalia), 1♂ (holotype) GoogleMaps , MZUF No. 540; Lesňmma , 04º30'N 45º44'E, 268 m a.s.l., 3.VIII.1969, 1♂ (paratype, in original description incorrectly cited as immature, Figs. 5–6, 11–12, 29, 32–34), leg. B. Lanza under a stone in a rainy period GoogleMaps , FKCP.

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. Total length 19.7–27.6 mm in males. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown with black only around the eyes. Fifth metasomal segment marbled grayish black. Pectine teeth number 19–24 in male. Femur and patella of pedipalps bear inconspicuous dorsal carinae. Chela of pedipalp smooth and narrow. No other carinae on pedipalp chela, carapace and tergites. Sternites smooth, without carinae and granules. Metasomal segments smooth, without carinae, and with rounded edges. Dorsal surface of metasomal segments I– IV bear an inconspicuous longitudinal groove. Metasomal segments IV – V densely and very finely granulated. Telson elongated, smooth, with aculear ring well developed in male. Aculeus slightly curved.