Parabuthus pallidus Pocock, 1895

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman & Šťáhlavský, František, 2019, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XXI Parabuthus (Buthidae) (Part II), with description of five new species from Somaliland and Ethiopia, Euscorpius 290, pp. 1-63 : 37

Parabuthus pallidus Pocock, 1895

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Parabuthus pallidus Pocock, 1895: 312–314 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 208–209 (complete reference list until 2000); KovařÍk, 2003: 145; KovařÍk, 2003: 145; KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 111–112; KovařÍk et al., 2016: 41–50 , 53–54, figs. 87, 144–163, 192, 201, 204, Table 1.

= Parabuthus mixtus Borelli, 1925: 13–16 ; Caporiacco, 1941: 34; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 207 (syn. by KovařÍk, 2003: 145).

= Parabuthus mixtus obscurior Caporiacco, 1941: 34 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 207; KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 111 (syn. by KovařÍk, 2003: 145).

= Parabuthus zavattarii Caporiacco, 1939: 305–306 ; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 211; KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 112 (syn. by KovařÍk, 2003: 145, 159).

=? Riftobuthus inexpectatus Lourenço et al., 2010: 281 , figs. 1 and 2. (syn. by KovařÍk et al., 2016: 48).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Kenya, Mombasa; BMNH .

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Ethiopia, Sagan-Omo, El Banno, 2. V.1939, 1♀ 1im. (lectotype and paralectotype No. 1 of Parabuthus mixtus obscurior Caporiacco, 1941 ), leg. E. Zavattari, rev. M. Vachon (VA 1578) , MZUF No. 547 . Somalia, Balad , 2♀ (lectotype and paralectotype of Parabuthus mixtus Borelli, 1925 ) , MCSN.

DIAGNOSIS. Adults from 45 mm (male) to 90 mm (female) long. Base color uniformly yellow to yellowish brown to grey including metasomal segments and telson. Pectine teeth number 33–38 in males and 28–36 in females. Stridulatory area present on dorsal surface of metasomal segments I to IV in both sexes, more pronounced on first and second segments, reduced on third and fourth segments. Metasoma hirsute, more so in female. Metasomal segment V length/ width ratio 1.40–1.65 in males. Movable and fixed fingers of pedipalp bearing 10–12 rows of granules, all with external and internal accessory granules. Pedipalp fingers not elongated. Pedipalp fingers of males with inner side of base smooth, no trace of tubercle.Manus of pedipalp smooth and narrow in both sexes, pedipalp chela length/ width ratio 4.30–4.80 in both sexes. Tarsomere I of legs I–III with bristle-combs reduced, usually composed of 6–10 bristles.

DISTRIBUTION. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania. Ethiopian material examined and marked in Fig. 305 is cited in KovařÍk et al., 2016: 48, 53–54.