Pandinus (Pandinus) imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841)

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 : 3

Pandinus (Pandinus) imperator (C. L. Koch,

1841) ( Figs. 36–37 and 42 )

Buthus imperator C. L. Koch , 18 41: 1, fig. 695.

Pandinus imperator : Vachon, 1967: 15 34-1537, figs. 2, 6-8; Prendini, 2004: 255.

Pandinus (Pandinus) imperator : Vachon, 197 4: 953; Kovařík, 1998: 86, 140, fig. on page 95; Fet, 2000: 466; Kovařík, 2002: 19; Kovařík, 2009: 57, 127, figs. 392- 397, 132, figs. 414-415.

= Heterometrus roeseli Simon, 1872: 54 (syn. by Thorell, 1876: 203).

= Scorpio simoni Becker , 18 80: 137 (syn. by Thorell, 1893: 377).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Unknown .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 120–220 mm. Base color uniformly brown to reddish black. Legs colored as body. Pectinal teeth number 15–19. Movable finger of pedipalp and telson without noticeable sexual dimorphism. Spiniform formula of tarsomere II = 4/3: 4- 5/3: 4-5/2-3: 4-5/2-3. Tarsomere II with 2 spines on inclined anteroventral surface ( Fig. 37 ). Chela with 9–14 ventral trichobothria. Length to depth ratio of 4th metasomal segment higher than 2 ( Fig. 36 ).

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 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.