Frantisek Kovarik and his co-workers are continuing their tireless work on the scorpion fauna of The Horn of Africa. Recently, they have published a new article describing a new species of Parabuthus Pocock, 1890 (Buthidae) from Somalia (Puntland).
Parabuthus puntlandus Kovarik, Stahlavsky, Elmi & Starha, 2025
Abstract:
A new species Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n. from Somalia (Puntland) is described. Combination of five characters; metasoma V black; pectine teeth number 39–42 in both sexes; pedipalp chela length/width ratio 3.05–4.26 in both sexes; metasoma and telson sparsely hirsute; smooth inner side of the base of fingers of pedipalp chela (tubercle absent) distinguish P. puntlandus sp. n. from all other species in the region. In addition to the analyses of external morphology, we have provided descriptions of the karyotype of P. puntlandus sp. n. (2n=16). Included is also a map of distribution of Parabuthus species in Horn of Africa.
Reference:
Kovarik F, Stahlavsky F, Elmi HSA, Starha R. Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XXXVIII. Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n. from Somalia (Puntland) (Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2025(414):1–11. [Open Access]
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