Compsobuthus maidensis KovařÍk, 2018

Kovařík, František, 2025, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XXXVI. Compsobuthus starhai sp. n. from Somalia (Puntland) (Buthidae), Euscorpius 408, pp. 1-14 : 5

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16963160

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scientific name

Compsobuthus maidensis KovařÍk, 2018
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Compsobuthus maidensis KovařÍk, 2018 View in CoL

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Compsobuthus maidensis KovařÍk, 2018: 4–6 View in CoL , figs. 1–39, table 1.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. Somaliland, Maid, 11°00'03''N 47°06'30''E, 52 m a. s. l. GoogleMaps ; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland, Maid, 11°00'03''N

47°06'30''E, 52 m a. s. l. (Locality No. 17SN), 3.-4.IX.2017, 1♂ 3♀ (holotype and paratypes), leg. F. KovařÍk, FKCP .

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland , 5 km S of Maid, 10°59'46''N 47°08'14''E, 182 m a. s. l. (18SF), 25.VIII.2018, 1♂ (1526), leg. F. KovařÍk GoogleMaps , FKCP.

DIAGNOSIS (♂ ♀). Total length 30–33.5 mm. Sexual dimorphism minor, fingers of pedipalps straight in both sexes; there is no difference in length and width of metasomal segments. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown with dark spot on fifth and four metasomal segment. Movable finger of pedipalp bears 10 rows of granules, all without external and with internal accessory granules ( acutecarinatus group of Levy & Amitati, 1980). Pedipalp chela length/width ratio 4.49 in males and 4.9 in females. Manus of chela shorter than fixed finger. Pedipalp chela length/movable finger length ratio 1.40–1.41 in both sexes. Trochanter of pedipalps with 3–7 spinules and 2 setae. Anterior margin of carapace bears 8 symmetrically distributed spinules. First to third metasomal segments bear 10 carinae, fourth bears 8 or 10 carinae. All metasomal segments longer than wide. Pectinal teeth number 19–20 in male and 16–18 in females. Sternites and ventral surface of metasoma granulated. Seventh sternite bears four crenulate carinae. Telson bulbous, aculeus shorter than vesicle. Subaculear tubercle present but not spinoid.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Buthidae

Genus

Compsobuthus

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Compsobuthus maidensis KovařÍk, 2018

Kovařík, František 2025
2025
Loc

Compsobuthus maidensis KovařÍk, 2018: 4–6

KovarIk 2018: 4 - 6
2018
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