Pandinus (Pandinus) phillipsii ( Pocock, 1896 )

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) phillipsii ( Pocock, 1896)

( Figs. 10–19 , 40 , 42 )

Scorpio phillipsii Pocock, 1896: 181 , Pl. XI. Figs. 3, 3a ; Pocock, 1897: 398.

Pandinus phillipsi : Kraepelin, 1899: 120; Pocock, 1900: 58.

Pandinus (Pandinus) phillipsii : Vachon, 1974: 953; Kovařík, 1998: 141; Fet, 2000: 467; Kovařík, 2003: 152; Kovařík, 2009: 57, 128, figs. 398-402.

= Pandinus intermedius Borelli, 1919: 375 (syn. by Kovařík, 2003: 152).

= Pandinus citernii Borelli, 1919: 378 (syn. by Kovařík, 2003: 152).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Doolob , Goolis Mtns , inland of Berbera , Somaliland ; the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom ( BMNH).

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 100–125 mm. Color of adults uniformly reddish brown, legs yellow, always lighter-colored than body ( Figs. 10–13 ). Pectinal teeth number 15–20. Granules on manus of pedipalp not conical and pointed, their summits sometimes confluent. Male has more pronounced tooth on movable finger of pedipalp and larger telson than female. Chela hirsute, with 13–15 ventral trichobothria. Spiniform formula of tarsomere II = 7/4: 7/4: 7-8/5: 7-8/5. Tarsomere II with 2 spines on inclined anteroventral surface ( Fig. 40 ).

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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 10–13: Pandinus phillipsii (Pocock, 1896). 10–11. ♂ (125 mm), dorsal and ventral views, Somaliland, 15 km N of Sheikh, Goolis Mts., 09°58.927'N 45°10.377'E, 1247 m a.s.l. 12–13. ♀ (109 mm), dorsal and ventral views, Somaliland, Sheikh, 09°57'25.9"N 45°09'52.2"E, 1492 m a.s.l.

Figures 14–16: Pandinus phillipsii (Pocock, 1896). Juvenile (80 mm) at the locality Somaliland, Sheikh, Goolis Mts., 09°56'23"N 45°11'14.2"E, 1439 m a.s.l. The large photo (14) is an overall view after overturning a smaller boulder. The smallest photo (15) shows a shallow depression under the boulder in which the scorpion was hiding and underwent an ecdysis (the same spot is shown in the large photo by an arrow). Small arrow points to a partial exuvia of this specimen. The lower photo (16) shows the entire juvenile after removal from the hiding place.

Figures 17–19: Pandinus phillipsii (Pocock, 1896). 17–18. ♀ (109 mm) at the locality Somaliland, Sheikh, 09°57'25.9"N 45°09'52.2"E, 1492 m a.s.l. 19. ♂ (125 mm) on a tree after removal of dry bark, Somaliland, 15 km N of Sheikh, Goolis Mts., 09°58.927'N 45°10.377'E, 1247 m a.s.l.

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.

Figures 1–5: Pandinus mazuchi sp. n., ♀ (92.5 mm) holotype. 1–2. dorsal and ventral views. 3. Pectinal area. 4. Movable fin-