Parabuthus abyssinicus Pocock, 1901

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman & Šťáhlavský, František, 2019, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXI Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part II), with description of five new species from Somaliland and Ethiopia, Euscorpius 290, pp. 1-63 : 3

Parabuthus abyssinicus Pocock, 1901

( Figures 1–4, 274–277, 305, Table 5)

Parabuthus abyssinicus Pocock, 1901: 1 ; KovařÍk et al., 2016: 12–19 , figs. 1–6, 8–27, 166–167, 171, 181, 193, 204, Table 1.

Parabuthus liosoma abyssinicus: Kraepelin, 1913: 172 ; Lamoral & Reynders, 1975: 519.

Parabuthus leiosoma abyssinicus: Fet & Lowe, 2000: 206 (complete reference list until 2000).

= Parabuthus liosoma dmitrievi Birula, 1903: 113 (syn. by KovařÍk, 2003: 144).

Parabuthus liosoma dimitrivi: Borelli, 1925: 12–13 .

Parabuthus liosoma dmitrievi: Fet & Lowe, 2000: 206 (complete reference list until 2000).

Parabuthus leiosoma (in part): Fet & Lowe, 2000: 205–206 (complete reference list until 2000); KovařÍk, 2003: 144, figs 8–9; KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 110–111.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Ethiopia, Abyssinia, Shoa (= now Ethiopia, Shewa Province); BMNH .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED ( NOT CITED IN KOVAŘÍK ET AL., 2016) ( FKCP). Somaliland, Borama, campus Amoud University, 09°56‘49“N 43°13‘23“E, 1394 m a.s.l. (Locality

No. 19 SA (=17 SA /), 23. VI.2019, 1♂ (1691) 1♀ 2juvs. (1650, 1651), leg. F. KovařÍk ; Quljeet village , 10°05‘18.9“N 43°00‘43.9“E, 1575 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 19SK), 4.VII.2019, 2♀ (1667), leg. F. KovařÍk ; between Borama and Rugi, 09°57‘48“N 43°18‘04.1“E, 1339 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 19SL), 7.VII.2019, 1juv. (1669), leg. F. KovařÍk ; Cali Haidh , 10°02‘50.6“N 43°47‘08.7“E, 1056 m a.s.l. (Locality No. 19SN), 8.VII.2019, 1♂ 3♀ (1692, 1671), leg. F. KovařÍk.

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. Adults from 72 mm (male) to 115 mm (female) long. Base color of adults uniformly yellow to yellowish brown; carapace, tergites, metasoma IV– V and telson are dark brown to black. Pectine teeth number 38–43 in males and 33–40 in females. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of metasomal segments I–II in both sexes, reduced or absent on third segment in adults. Metasoma sparsely hirsute. Metasomal segment V of male length/ width ratio 1.50–1.72. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp bearing 12–13 rows of granules, all with external and internal accessory granules. Fingers of pedipalp not elongated, movable finger length/ manus length ratio 1.54–1.72 in male. Pedipalp fingers of male with inner side of base smooth, no trace of tubercle. Manus of pedipalp of male broad, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 2.95–3.11 in male and 4.25–4.40 in female. Pedipalp manus smooth, patella finely granulated. Tarsomere I of all legs with bristle-combs.

DISTRIBUTION. Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somaliland (first record),? Sudan.