Neobuthus kutcheri Lowe & Kovařík, 2016

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Awale, Ahmed Ibrahim, Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman & Abdi, Ali, 2018, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XVII. Revision of Neobuthus, with description of seven new species from Ethiopia, Kenya and Somaliland (Buthidae), Euscorpius 271, pp. 1-82 : 56-59

Neobuthus kutcheri Lowe & Kovařík, 2016

( Figs. 413, 420, 438, Table 5)

Neobuthus kutcheri Lowe & Kovařík, 2016: 26–43 , figs. 98–147, 154–156, 160–161, tables 3–5.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Ethiopia, Somali State, Liben region, Filtu , 05°06'48.7"N 40°39' 18.3"E, 1229 m a.s.l. ; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL. Ethiopia, Somali State, Liben region, Filtu , 05°06'48.7"N 40°39'1 8.3"E, 1229 m a.s.l., (Locality No. 14 EG, figs. 146–147 in Lowe & Kovařík ,

2016: 36), 19.-21.XI.2014, 4♂ (holotype and paratypes) 6♀5♀ ims.7juvs. (paratypes), FKCP, 2♂ 3♀3♀ ims.2juvs. (paratypes), GLPC, leg. F. Kovařík et al. ( UV detection) .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 21–23.3 mm (male), 27–31 mm (female); carapace with area between anterior median carinae yellow; tergites 3-striped with fuscous markings discontinuous, extending into median area, pale patches on either side of median stripe narrowed, disrupted and not forming broad longitudinal yellow bands; pedipalp relatively stout, males with femur L/ W 2.28 –2.30; patella L/ W 2.19 –2.32, chela L/ W 4.40 –4.50; chela movable finger with 4–6 subrows of primary denticles, 4–5 external accessory denticles flanking proximal end of each subrow; trichobothrium d 2 of pedipalp femur usually absent, d 2 of pedipalp patella usually present; dorsoexternal and ventroexternal carinae on pedipalp patella in female weakly absent; posterior margins of tergites bare, lacking macrosetae; pedipalps, legs, metasoma and telson with moderate length, mostly straight macrosetae in males, and long, fine curved setae in females; males with coxae and sternites III–VI smooth, sternite VII finely granulated with 4 weak, granulated carinae; females with sternites III–VI smooth, sternite VII sparsely shagreened with 4 weak carinae, metasoma I–III with median lateral carinae present in both sexes; lateral surface of metasoma V in males with granules fused to form rugose texture, without dense granulation; tarsi densely setose, telotarsi furnished with brushes of long macrosetae, leg III of adults with 24–37 ventral macrosetae on telotarsus; pectine teeth: 17–20 (males), 15–19 (females).