Parabuthus puntlandus, Kovařík & Šťáhlavský & Elmi & Štarha, 2025

Figure 1. Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n., male holotype in vivo habitus. Image taken in the laboratory with different sand/background than in reality is on the original locality.

Figures 2–5: Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n. Figures 2–3. Male holotype, in dorsal (2) and ventral (3) views. Figures 4–5. Female paratype, in dorsal (4) and ventral (5) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (2–3, 4–5).

Figures 6–13: Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n. Figures 6, 9–13. Male holotype, carapace and tergites I–III (6), sternopectinal area and sternites III–IV (9), right legs I–IV, retrolateral aspect (10–13). Figures 7–8. Female paratype, carapace and tergites I–III (7), sternopectinal area and sternites (8).

Figures 14–21: Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n. Figures 14–18. Male holotype, metasoma I–III dorsal (14), metasoma V, and telson in lateral view (15), metasoma and telson in lateral (16), dorsal 17), and ventral (18) views. Figures 19–21. Female paratype, metasoma and telson in lateral (19), dorsal (20), and ventral (21) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (16–21).

Figures 22–42. Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n., pedipalps of male holotype (22–32) and female paratype (33–42). Right pedipalp, chela in dorsal (22, 33), external 23, 34), and ventral (24, 35) views, patella in dorsal (25, 36), external (26, 37), and ventral (27, 38) views, femur and trochanter in internal (28, 39), dorsal (29, 40), and ventral (30, 41) views. Dentate margins of movable (31, 42) and fixed (32) fingers. Trichobothrial pattern indicated in Figures 22–26 and 28–29.

Figures 43–45: Chromosomes of Parabuthus putlandus sp. n. Mitotic metaphase (sample S2886) (43), mitotic metaphase (44) and postpachytene (45) (sample S2887).Arrowhead shows chromosomes in multivalent association during postpachytene. Scale bar: 10 μm.

Figures 46–47:Figure 46. Map showing confirmed distribution of Parabuthus spp.in Djibouti,Eritrea, Ethiopia,Somalia (including Puntland), and Somaliland. Figure 47. Parabuthus puntlandus sp. n., type locality.