Parabuthus granimanus Pocock, 1895

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 : 10-19

Parabuthus granimanus Pocock, 1895

( Figures 30–80, 290–292, 305)

Parabuthus granimanus Pocock, 1895: 311–312 , pl. IX, figs. 4–4d; Pocock, 1896: 178; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 202 (complete reference list until 2000); KovařÍk, 2003: 144, fig. 7; KovařÍk, 2004: 19, fig. 8;? KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 110; KovařÍk et al., 2016: 22–23 , figs. 42–49, 170– 171, 186, 196, 204).

= Parabuthus granimanus fuscicauda Caporiacco, 1947: 228 (syn. by KovařÍk, 2003: 144).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somalia (now Somaliland), Zeyla (now Zeila, in Somali Saylac, Fig. 79) ; BMNH.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland , Zeyla, 1♂ 1♀ (lectotype and paralectotype) , BMNH. Eritrea, dint. Elghena (Hassi Habab), XI.-XII.1902, 1♂ 1♀ (lectotype and paralectotype of Parabuthus granimanus fuscicauda Caporiacco, 1947 ) , MZUF, Nos 548 and 549 (see comments in KovařÍk et al., 2016: 19–21) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED ( FKCP). Somaliland, Berbera env., 10°22.8‘N 45°02.2‘E, 107 m a.s.l. (fig. 48 in KovařÍk et al., 2016, 11 SE), 8.-10.VII.2011, 3♂ 3♀ (figs. 42–49, 170– 171, 186, 196 in KovařÍk et al., 2016), leg. F. KovařÍk; near Berbera, 10°16‘01“N 45°06‘21.3“E, 367 m a.s.l. (fig. 49 in KovařÍk et al., 2016, 11SG), 10.VII.2011, 1juv.♀, leg. F. KovařÍk; Gerissa, N of Borama, 10°36‘01“N 43°26‘07“E, 245 m a.s.l., 11.-12.IX.2017 (17ST), 4♂ (1319, 1334) 1♀ 8juvs., 3.VII.2019 (19SH), 1♂ 1♀, leg.F. KovařÍk; Maid, 11°00‘03“N 47°06‘30“E, 52 m a.s.l. (18SG = 17SN), 25.VIII.2018, 1♀ (1553), leg. F. KovařÍk et T. Mazuch; Habas village, 10°24‘42.6“N 42°48‘40.1“E, 866 m a.s.l. (19SD), 30. VI.2019, 1♂ ( Fig. 80, 1693) 1♀ (1656), leg. F. KovařÍk; Jidhi village, 10°37‘13.9“N 43°04‘09.4“E, 462 m a.s.l. (19 SE), 1.VII.2019, 1♀ (1658), leg. F. KovařÍk; 5 km of Jidhi village, 10°35‘04“N 43°02‘16.9“E, 515 m a.s.l. (19SF), 1.VII.2019, 1♂ 2juvs. ♀ (1659, 1660, 1694), leg. F. KovařÍk; near Zeyla, 11°19‘31.2“N 43°22‘16.9“E, 21 m a.s.l. ( Fig. 79, 19 SG), 3.VII.2019, 1♂ 2juvs. (topotype, 1662), leg. F. KovařÍk.

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. Adults from 90 mm to 120 mm long. Base color uniformly yellow, yellowish brown, brown or black, metasoma IV–V and telson dark brown to black, darker than metasoma I–III. Pectine teeth number 42–49 in males and 36–44 in females. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of metasomal segments I–II, absent on third segment absent. Metasoma hirsute. Metasoma of male narrow; metasomal segment V length/ width ratio 1.95–2.05 in male. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp bear 12–13 rows of granules, all with external and internal accessory granules. Fingers of pedipalp not elongated. Fingers of pedipalps of male with a tubercle on inner side of base. Male with chela of pedipalps broader than those of female, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 3.10–3.3 in male. Pedipalp manus and patella strongly granulated. Tarsomere I of legs I–II with bristle-combs.

DISTRIBUTION.? Djibouti,? Ethiopia, Somaliland.