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

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

Figures 228–229. Parabuthus somalilandus sp. n., male holotype in dorsal (228) and ventral (229) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 230–231. Parabuthus somalilandus sp. n., female paratype from Somaliland, near Sheikh, foothills of Goolis Mts, 09°59.881‘N 45°09.762‘E, in dorsal (230) and ventral (231) views. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 232–237: Parabuthus somalilandus sp. n., metasoma and telson. Figures 232–234. Female paratype from Somaliland, near Sheikh, foothills of Goolis Mts, lateral (232), ventral (233), and dorsal (234) views. Figures 235–237. Male holotype, lateral (235), ventral (236), and dorsal (237) views. Scale bars: 10 mm.

Figure 305. Map showing confirmed distribution of Parabuthus spp. in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland. Most points indicate sites sampled during 2011–2019 expeditions. We have not included in the map locality data for old specimens mainly from Somalia deposited in Italian museums which include large collections from this region (Kovařík & Whitman, 2005: 110–112), because these specimens are often mislabeled. Without corroboration from recently collected specimens, it is problematic to verify which of the locality labels are correct.

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]