Pandinurus arabicus (Kraepelin, 1894) - Yemen

P. arabicus (Kraepelin, 1894) - Yemen

The type locality of P. arabicus (Kraepelin, 1894) is
"Homran (Arabien, Yemen)" (now Amran, 15°39'45"N
43°56'39"E, city and a province in northern Yemen).
However, Vachon & Kinzelbach (1987: 100) did not
mention Yemen and stated without any explanation that
this species comes from Saudi Arabia. In compilations
summarizing published data we find both Yemen and
Saudi Arabia (see El-Hennawy, 1992: 136, Fet, 2000:
470), although the species is known only from the
holotype (figs. 336–338 in Kovařík, 2009: 120). Alberto
Chiarle drew my attention to a female deposited at the
Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Italy
(MRSN, No. Sc. 356, ex. 879) and sent me its photo,
which shows that tarsomere II of the fourth leg has three
spines on the inclined anteroventral surface. Although I
have not studied this specimen, the photo convinces me
that it really is P. arabicus. The enclosed labels do not
give the date of collection, but the locality reads "Aden"