Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XVIII Gint banfasae sp n from Somaliland (Buthidae) Author Kovařík, František Author Lowe, Graeme text Euscorpius 2019 2019-12-31 272 1 14 journal article 4267 10.18590/euscorpius.2019.vol2019.iss272.1 86c7a3e1-239c-49dd-b010-176a10c51fea 1536-9307 5510156 A9686FD3-C977-4383-9EB0-71B1AEF343E8 Gint Kovařík, Lowe, Plíšková et Šťáhlavský, 2013 ( Figs. 1–62 , Table 1 ) Buthus ( Buthacus ) (in part): Birula, 1917: 21 . Buthacus (in part): Levy, Amitai & Shulov, 1973: 125; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 81; Kovařík, 2005: 1 . Gint Kovařík et al., 2013: 1–18 , figs. 1–4, 6–71; Kovařík & Mazuch, 2015: 1–23, figs. 1–89;? Rossi, 2015: 53–63, figs. 1–10; Kovařík et al., 2018: 1–41, figs. 1–202, tables 1–3; Kovařík, 2018: 1–9, figs. 1–42, table 1. TYPE SPECIES . Gint gaitako Kovařík et al., 2013 . ETYMOLOGY. Gint (masculine) means scorpion in Amharian, the official language of Ethiopia . DISTRIBUTION ( Fig. 62 ). Ethiopia , Kenya , Somalia , Somaliland. DIAGNOSIS. Total length up to 25 mm (male) or 50 mm (female); carapace trapezoidal, in lateral view preocular area not distinctly inclined towards anterior margin, level with or higher than postocular area; surface of carapace densely granular, with only anterior median carinae developed; ventral aspect of cheliceral fixed finger with two denticles ( Fig. 51 ); tergites densely granular, with three carinae of which lateral pair on I and II are inconspicuous; sternites III–VI with finely micro-denticulate posterior margins, lacking larger noncontiguous denticles; pectinal tooth number 19–31; pectines with fulcra, hirsute; hemispermatophore with flagellum separated from a 3-lobed sperm hemiduct, and with a projecting, scoop- or hook-like basal lobe; metasomal segments I–III with 8–10 carinae; metasoma I ventrally smooth, lacking ventromedial carinae; metasoma V with enlarged ‘lobate’ dentition on ventrolateral carinae which may be reduced; telson rather elongate (except for G. maidensis ), vesicle with moderate posterior slope, not sharply inclined or truncated, lacking subaculear tubercle, aculeus shorter than vesicle; all segments of metasoma and pedipalps sparsely hirsute, with long setae in both sexes, dentate margin of movable finger of pedipalp with 8–10 rows of granules, each with one external and one internal accessory granule, 5–6 terminal granules (4–5 subterminal and one distal terminal); trichobothrial pattern orthobothriotaxic type A; dorsal trichobothria of femur arranged in β- configuration; pedipalp patella with 7 external trichobothria; patella trichobothrium d 3 internal to dorsomedian carina; tibial spurs present on legs III–IV. Figures 1–4: Gint banfasae sp . n . Figures 1–2 . Holotype male, dorsal (1) and ventral (2) views. Figures 3–4 . Paratype female, dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Scale bar: 10 mm. Figures 5–12: Gint banfasae sp . n . Figures 5 , 7 . Holotype male, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (5) and sternopectinal region and sternites (7). Figures 6 , 8 , 9–12 . Paratype female, chelicerae, carapace and tergites I–III (6), sternopectinal region and sternites (8), distal segments of right legs I–IV, retrolateral views (9–12). Figures 13–32: Gint banfasae sp . n . Figures 13–21 . Holotype male. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (13), external (14), and ventrointernal (15) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (16), external (17), and ventral (18) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internal (19), ventral (20) and dorsal (21) views. Figures 22–32 . Paratype female. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (22), external (23), and ventrointernal (24) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (25), external (26), and ventral (27) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internal (28), ventral (29) and dorsal (30) views. Pedipalp chela, movable (31) and fixed (32) fingers dentate margin. The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 14–17, 19, 21 (white circles). SUBORDINATE TAXA. Gint amoudensis Kovařík et al., 2018 ; Gint banfasae sp . n . ; Gint calviceps (Pocock, 1900) ; Gint childsi Kovařík, 2018 ; Gint dabakalo Kovařík et Mazuch, 2015 ; Gint gaitako Kovařík et al., 2013 ; Gint gubanensis Kovařík et al., 2018 ; Gint maidensis Kovařík et al., 2018 ; Gint puntlandus Kovařík et Mazuch, 2015 . For species described by Rossi (2015) see Kovařík et al. (2018: 12).