Parabuthus erigavoensis (Kovarik, Lowe, Elmi & Stahlavsky, 2019)

Parabuthus erigavoensis Kovarik, Lowe, Elmi & Stahlavsky, 2019 (new species from Somaliland).

Figures 23–27. Parabuthus erigavoensis sp. n., female holotype in vivo habitus at type locality (23) and left legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect (24–27 respectively).

Figures 8–9. Parabuthus erigavoensis sp. n., female holotype in dorsal (8) and ventral (9) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 10–22: Parabuthus erigavoensis sp. n., female holotype. Figures 10–20. Pedipalp segments. Chela dorsal (10), external (11) and ventral (12) views. Patella dorsal (13), external (14) and ventral (15) views. Femur and trochanter internal (16), dorsal (17), and ventral (18) views. Movable finger (19) and fixed finger (20) dentition. Trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 10–14 and 16–17. Figures 21–22. Carapace and tergites I–IV (21) and coxosternal area and sternite III (22).

Figures 2–7: Figures 2–4. Parabuthus abyssinicus, female topotype from locality 12EX, metasoma and telson in lateral (2), ventral (3), and dorsal (4) views. Figures 5–7. Parabuthus erigavoensis sp. n., female holotype, metasoma and telson in lateral (5), ventral (6), and dorsal (7) views. Scale bars: 10 mm.

Reference:
Kovarik F, Lowe G, Elmi HSA, Stahlavsky F. 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. 2019(290):1-63. [Open Access]