Pandinops, KovarIk, 2016

Kovařík, František, 2025, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XLI. Pandinops sahil sp. n. from Somaliland (Scorpionidae), Euscorpius 418, pp. 1-11 : 10

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16962761

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Pandinops
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Key to the species of Pandinops View in CoL

1. Metasomal segments I–II ventrally granulated (figs. 64, 66–67 in KovařÍk, 2016). ................................................ 2

– Metasomal segments I–II ventrally smooth or tuberculated (figs. 61–63 in KovařÍk, 2016). ....................................... 3

2. Dorsal surface of pedipalp chela smooth to bumpy (fig. 14 in KovařÍk, 2016). .......................................... P. friedrichi View in CoL

– Dorsal surface of pedipalp chela covered by tubercles/ granules (fig. 5 in KovařÍk, 2016). ................... P. pococki View in CoL

3. Pedipalp chela length/ width ratio is 1.56–1.63. ............. 4 – Pedipalp chela length/ width ratio is 1.68–1.85 (figs. 8, 32,

36 in KovařÍk, 2016). ...................................................... 5 – Pedipalp chela narrow, length/ width ratio is 2.05 in male

( Fig. 5 View Figures 5–10 ). ........................................................ P. sahil sp. n.

4. Pedipalp chela strongly lobated, length/ width ratio is 1.56 (fig. 1 in KovařÍk, 2016). Pectinal teeth number 16 in male ............................................................ P. eritreaensis View in CoL

– Pedipalp chela length/ width ratio is 1.60–1.63 (fig. 3 in KovařÍk et al., 2017). Pectinal teeth number 13–14 in males. .......................................................... P. platycheles View in CoL

5. Dorsal surface of pedipalp chela entirely smooth to bumpy, without granules or tubercles (fig. 8 in KovařÍk, 2016).. 6

– Dorsal surface of pedipalp chela granulated or tuberculated (figs. 14–15 in KovařÍk, 2016). ....................................... 7

6. Pectinal teeth number 19–21 in males. Ventral carinae on metasoma I–IV well developed (fig. 61 in KovařÍk, 2016). ........................................................................ P. bellicosus View in CoL

– Pectinal teeth number 14–17 in males. Ventral carinae on metasoma I–IV absent or indicated only (fig. 65 in KovařÍk, 2016). ............................................................. P. pugilator View in CoL

7. Dorsal surface of pedipalp chela entirely granulated by well defined granules, conical and pointed (fig. 309 in KovařÍk, 2009: 116). ............................................................ P. colei View in CoL

– Granules on dorsal surface of pedipalp chela not conical and pointed, their summits may be confluent, lobe of manus almost smooth (fig. 14 in KovařÍk, 2016). .......... P. turieli View in CoL

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