Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XII. Pandinurus hangarale sp. n. (Scorpionidae) from Somaliland and a review of type locality and true distribution of Pandinurus smithi (Pocock, 1897)

Authors

František Kovařík, Charles University
Graeme Lowe, Monell Chemical Senses Center
Tomáš Mazuch
Ahmed Ibrahim Awale, Hargeisa University
Jana Štundlová, Charles University
František Šťáhlavský, Charles University

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.18590/euscorpius.2017.vol2017.iss253.1

Abstract

Pandinurus hangarale sp. n. from Somaliland is described and fully complemented with color photos of live and preserved specimens, as well as its habitat. Hemispermatophore of P. hangarale sp. n. is illustrated and described. In addition to the analyses of external morphology and hemispermatophores, we also describe the karyotype of P. hangarale sp. n. (2n=120). Known localities of Pandinurus smithi (Pocock, 1897) are compiled; the type locality is not in Somaliland but in Ethiopia (Turfa) and in reality it is probably an endemic of Ethiopia.

Recommended Citation

Kovařík, F., Lowe, G., Mazuch, T., Awale, A. I., Štundlová, J., & Šťáhlavský, F. 2017 . Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XII. Pandinurus hangarale sp. n. (Scorpionidae) from Somaliland and a review of type locality and true distribution of Pandinurus smithi (Pocock, 1897). Euscorpius, No. 253: 1-18.