Pandinurus awalei [Kovarik, Lowe & Elmi, 2020] from Somaliland

Frantisek Kovarik and co-workers recently published an article with the description of a new species of Pandinurus Fet, 1997 (Scorpionidae) from Somaliland.

Pandinurus awalei Kovarik, Lowe & Elmi, 2020

The authors also discuss a couple of the synonymizations done by Prendini & Loria (2020) in their recent revision of parts of the family Scorpionidae. Their conclusion is that Pandinurus intermedius (Borelli, 1919) is restored from synonymy with Pandinurus citernii (Borelli, 1919) and Pandipalpus lowei (Kovařík, 2012) is restored from synonymy with Pandipalpus viatoris (Pocock, 1890)

Figures 25–28. Pandinurus awalei sp. n., male holotype, dorsal (25) and ventral (26) views, and right chelicera in dorsal (27) and ventral (28) aspects. Scale bar: 10 mm (25–26).

Figures 48–52: Pandinurus awalei sp. n. Figures 48–52. Male holotype, pedipalp chela and patella dorsal (48), external (49) and ventral (50) views, femur and trochanter dorsal (51), and ventral (52) views. Figure 53. Type locality

Figures 73–74. Pandinurus awalei sp. n., female paratype at the type locality (73) and with newborns (74).

Figures 75–76. Pandinurus awalei sp. n., male paratype shortly after maturity ecdysis (75) and young female paratype two months after maturity ecdysis (76).

Reference:
Kovarik F, Lowe G, Elmi HSA. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXV. Description of Pandinurus awalei sp. n. and the male of Pandiborellius somalilandus (Kovařík, 2012), with remarks on recent synonymies (Scorpionidae: Pandininae). Euscorpius. 2020(322):1-21. [Open Access]