Aegaeobuthus, Kovařík, 2019

Kovařík, František, 2019, Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Lychas, Mesobuthus, and Olivierus, with descriptions of four new genera (Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 288, pp. 1-27 : 20-25

Genus Aegaeobuthus gen. n.

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Mesobuthus (in part) Vachon, 1950: 152–152 (1952: 324– 325); Fet & Lowe, 2000: 169–181 (complete references list until 2000).

TYPE SPECIES. Buthus gibbosus Brullé, 1832 .

ETYMOLOGY. The genus name reflects geographic distribution of its type species across the Aegean Sea basin .

DIAGNOSIS. Large buthids, adults 55–90 mm. Sternum type 1 (Soleglad & Fet, 2003), various degrees of an irregular pentagon in shape. Pedipalps orthobothriotaxic, type Aβ ( Vachon, 1974, 1975), femur trichobothrium d 2 dorsal, patella d 3 dorsal of dorsomedian carina. Chelal trichobothrium db usually located between est and esb, or may be on level with trichobothrium est. Trichobothrium eb clearly on fixed finger of pedipalp. Pectines with fulcra. Dentate margin of pedipalp-chela movable finger with distinct denticles divided into 11–14 linear rows and 5 terminal denticles. Chelicerae with typical buthid dentition (Vachon, 1963, figs. 32–33), fixed finger armed with two denticles on ventral surface. Tergites I–VI granular, with three carinae, tergite VII with 5 carinae. Carapace with distinct carinae, entire dorsal surface nearly flat. First sternite with two granulated lateral stridulatory areas, which however may be reduced in some species. Metasoma elongate, segment I with 10 carinae, segments II-IV with 10 carinae. Ventrolateral carinae of metasomal segment V posteriorly usually with several large lobated denticles. Telson elongated, more in male, bumpy and granulated, without subaculear tooth. Legs III and IV with well developed tibial spurs. Metasoma narrower and longer in male than in female.

SUBORDINATE TAXA (4 SPECIES).

Aegaeobuthus cyprius (Gantenbein & Kropf, 2000) , comb. n. ( Cyprus)

Aegaeobuthus gallianoi ( Ythier, 2018) , comb. n. ( Greece: Crete)

Aegaeobuthus gibbosus (Brullé, 1832) , comb. n. ( Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey)

= Androctonus peloponnensis C. L. Koch, 1836

= Androctonus stenelus C. L. Koch, 1840

= Vaejovis schuberti C. L. Koch, 1840

= Buthus gibbosus anatolicus Schenkel, 1947

Aegaeobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828) , comb. n. ( Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey)