Parabuthus starhai, Kovařík, 2025

Parabuthus starhai View in CoL sp. n.

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TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somalia, Puntland , Wadi Cuun, 08°48.231'N 48°53.529'E, 493 m a. s. l. GoogleMaps ; FKCP.

TYPE MATERIAL ( FKCP). Somalia, Puntland , Wadi Cuun, 08°48.231'N 48°53.529'E, 493 m a. s. l. GoogleMaps , VI. 2024, 1♂ ( holotype) 1♀ ( paratype), leg. Roman Štarha.

ETYMOLOGY. Named in honour of Roman Štarha ( Czech Republic) who collected the type specimens .

DIAGNOSIS ♂ ♀. Male holotype 90 mm long; female 101.5 mm long. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown, metasoma IV – V and telson black. Pectine teeth number 56 and 59 in male and 57 in female. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of metasoma I– III (large in metasoma I and reduced in metasoma II– III), and absent in metasoma IV – V. Metasoma densely hirsute, more in male. Metasoma V length/ width ratio is 1.32 in male. Dorsal carina of metasoma IV composed posteriorly of blunt denticles, of which the posterior-most denticle is not enlarged. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp bear 13–14 rows of granules, all with external and internal accessory granules. Fingers of pedipalp not elongated. Fingers of pedipalps of male with inner side of base smooth, no trace of tubercle. Manus of pedipalp of male broader than in female, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 3.65 in male and 5.47 in female. Pedipalp chela and patella smooth and densely hirsute. Tarsomere I of legs I– III with bristle-combs .

DESCRIPTION ♂ ♀. The adults are 90 mm (male holotype) and 101.5 mm (female paratype) long. The habitus is shown in Figs. 1–4 View Figures 1–4 . For position and distribution of trichobothria of pedipalps see Figs. 23–27, 28–30 View Figures 23–44 .

Coloration ( Figs. 1–4 View Figures 1–4 , 50 View Figures 50–51 ). The base color is uniformly yellow to yellowish brown. The pedipalps and legs are yellow. The metasoma I–III is yellow, metasoma IV–V and telson are black.

Carapace and mesosoma ( Figs. 5–8 View Figures 5–14 ). The entire carapace is covered with large granules, carinae are absent. The anterior margin of the carapace is medially weakly convex, and bears ca 30 symmetrically distributed stout spiniform macrosetae. The tergites are densely granulated. Tergite VII is pentacarinate, with lateral pairs of carinae strong, serratocrenulate. The pectinal tooth count is 56 and 59 in male and 57 in female. The pectine marginal tips extend to the third quarter of the five sternite in male and to the third quarter of the fourth sternite in female. The pectines have three marginal lamellae and 14– 16 middle lamellae. The lamellae and fulcra bear numerous dark setae. All sternites are smooth, except that there is a stridulatory area on the third sternite. Sternite VII bears four smooth carinae.

Metasoma and telson ( Figs. 13–22 View Figures 5–14 View Figures 15–22 ). The metasoma I–IV with a total of 10 granulated carinae. The fifth segment has five carinae, and its ventral and lateral surfaces are strongly granulated. Dorsolateral carinae of the fourth and fifth segments composed of blunt denticles, of which the posterior-most denticle is not enlarged. The stridulatory area is located on the dorsal surface of the metasoma I–III, large on metasoma I and reduced on metasoma II–III. On the fourth and fifth segments the stridulatory area is absent. The entire metasoma and the telson are pilose with long hairs. The ventral surface (including Puntland), and Somaliland.

of the telson is strongly granulated. The metasomal segment V length/ width ratio is 1.32 in male. The telson is rather bulbous, with the aculeus approximately the same length as the vesicle. Pedipalps ( Figs. 23–44 View Figures 23–44 ). The whole pedipalps including trochanter are densely hirsute with long setae. The femur bears four carinae. The chela and the patella are smooth without carinae. The movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp bear 13– 14 rows of granules, all with external and internal accessory granules. The fingers of pedipalps of male with inner side of base smooth, tubercle absent. The manus of pedipalp of male broader than in female, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 3.65 in male and 5.47 in female.

Legs ( Figs. 9–12 View Figures 5–14 ). Legs III and IV bear long tibial spurs. Retrolateral and prolateral pedal spurs are present on all legs. All legs without distinct carinae and smooth. The tarsomeres bear two rows of macrosetae on the ventral surface and other macrosetae on the other surfaces. The bristle-combs are present on all legs, although slightly reduced on the fourth leg. Measurements. See Table 1.

AFFINITIES. In the region only three species have more than 50 pectinal teeth ( Parabuthus starhae sp. n., 56–59; P. evae KovařÍk et al., 2024 , 58–59; P. cimrmani KovařÍk, 2004 , 61–62). Male of P. starhae sp. n. has broad pedipalp chela (pedipalp chela L/W ratio 3.65) and other two cited species has narrow pedipalp chela of male. Male of P. evae has pedipalp chela L/W ratio 5.62 and male of P. cimrmani has pedipalp chela L/W ratio 5.90. See also Table 2 and Figs. 45–47 View Figures 45–47 .

DISTRIBUTION. Somalia (Puntland) ( Fig. 48 View Figures 48–49 ).