Pandinus (Pandinus) smithi ( Pocock, 1897 )

Kovařík, František, 2011, A review of the subgenus Pandinus Thorell, 1876 with descriptions of two new species from Uganda and Ethiopia (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae), Euscorpius 129 (129), pp. 1-18 : 10

Pandinus (Pandinus) smithi ( Pocock, 1897)

( Figs. 20–22 , 41 , 42 )

Scorpio smithii Pocock, 1897: 398 .

Pandinus (Pandinus) smithi : Vachon, 1974: 953; Kovařík, 1998: 141; Fet, 2000: 468; Kovařík, 2003: 152; Kovařík, 2009: 58, 126, figs. 389-391.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Hargesa (Hargeysa), Somaliland ; the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom ( BMNH).

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 100–110 mm. Color of adults uniformly reddish brown, legs yellow to yellowish, always lighter-colored than body. Pectinal teeth number 18–21. Granules on manus of pedipalp conical and pointed. Male has more pronounced tooth on movable finger of pedipalp and larger telson than female. Chela very densely hirsute, with 13–15 ventral trichobothria. Spiniform formula of tarsomere II = 7/4: 7-8/4: 8/5-6: 8- 9/5. Tarsomere II with 3 spines on inclined anteroventral surface ( Fig. 41 ).

Figures

Figure 42: Distribution map of the subgenus Pandinus. Localities of P. imperator and P. gambiensis are after Prendini (2004: 255, fig. 13), localities of other species are new records except Hargeysa (type locality of P. smithi). Type locality of P. phillipsii corresponds with new records (Goolis Mts.). Other localities of P. phillipsii and P. smithi cited by older authors (Borelli, 1919; Pocock, 1896, 1897, and 1900) are not included in the map. Exact distributions of these species need to be further investigated.

Figures 20–22: Pandinus smithi (Pocock, 1897), ♂ (107 mm), at the locality, Ethiopia, 55 km S of Degehbur, 07°49'27.2"N 43°41'56.3"E, 1053 m a.s.l. Red arrow points to the spot at which the specimen was found under bark.

Figures 33–41: 33–36. Metasoma and telson in lateral views. 33. Pandinus ugandaensis sp. n., ♂ holotype. 34. Pandinus ugandaensis sp. n., ♀ allotype. 35. Pandinus mazuchi sp. n., ♀ holotype. 36. Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841), ♂ (115 mm), Ghana, FKCP. 37–41. Tarsomere II of 4th leg. 37. Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841), ♂ (115 mm), Ghana, FKCP. 38. Pandinus ugandaensis sp. n., ♂ holotype. 39. Pandinus mazuchi sp. n., ♀ holotype. 40. Pandinus phillipsii (Pocock, 1896), ♀ (109 mm), Somaliland, Sheikh, 09°57'25.9"N 45°09'52.2"E, 1492 m a.s.l., FKCP. 41. Pandinus smithi (Pocock, 1897), ♂ (107 mm), Ethiopia, 55 km of Degehbur, 07°49'27.2"N 43°41'56.3"E, 1053 m a.s.l., FKCP.