Hottentotta polystictus
Creators: name: Kovařík, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Hottentotta
Hottentotta polystictus

description: Hottentotta polystictus (Pocock, 1896)
(Figs. 9–13)
Buthus polystictus Pocock, 1896: 178–179, pl. XI, fig. 1.
Hottentotta polystictus: Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013: 171–172, 318, 338–339, figs. 1069–1072, 1206– 1216 (complete reference list until 2013); Kovařík & Mazuch, 2015: 23, figs. 112–131, table 4).
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somaliland, Goolis Mts., inland of Berbera; BMNH (The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom).
ETHIOPIAN MATERIAL EXAMINED. Ethiopia, NE of Dire Dawa, on road to Djibouti, 09°37'59"N 41°52'43"E, 1124 m a.s.l., 30.I.2015, 1♀, leg. T. Mazuch.
SOMALILAND MATERIAL EXAMINED. Somaliland, Hamas, between Hargeisa and Berbera, 10°02.267'N 44°47. 299'E, 650 m a.s.l., XI.2010, 1♂ 1♀, leg. T. Mazuch; 70 km from Berbera to Hargeysa, XI.2010, 1♂, leg. T. Mazuch; Laas Gel, 50 km NE Hargeisa, 09°46'16.6"N 44°27'07.2"E, 1090 m a.s.l., 7.VII.2011, 1♂ 2♀ 3juvs., leg. F. Kovařík; beetwen Berbera and Sheikh, 10°05' 49.9"N 45°11'40.1"E, 628 m a.s.l., 10.VII.2011, 1♀ im., leg. F. Kovařík; Sheikh, Goolis Mts., 09°56'23"N 45° 11'14.2"E, 1439 m a.s.l., 11.VII.2011, 2♀ 2juvs., leg. F. Kovařík; beetween Burao and Laas Caanood, 09°11' 18.4"N 45°54'24"E, 871 m a.s.l., 11.VII.2011, 1♀ 2juvs., leg. F. Kovařík; Sheikh, 09°57'25.9"N 45°09'52.2"E, 1492 m a.s.l., 12.VII.2011, 1♂ 7♀, leg. F. Kovařík; 15 km N of Sheikh, Goolis Mts., 09°32'27.7"N 45°31' 38.9"E, 1056 m a.s.l, 6.II.2017, 1♀ 1juv., leg. F. Kovařík; Laas Gel, 50 km NE Hargeisa, 09°46'47"N 44°26'43"E, 1043 m a.s.l., 7.II.2017, 1♀, leg. F. Kovařík; Laas Gel, 50 km NE Hargeisa, 09°46'47"N 44°26'43"E, 1043 m a.s.l., 28.-30.VIII.2017, 2♂ 3♀ 7 juvs., leg. F. Kovařík; between Berbera and Burao, 10°02'12"N 44°47'21"E, 60 m a.s.l., 30.VIII.2017, 1♂ im., leg. F. Kovařík; Sheikh, Goolis Mts., 09°56'38"N 45°10'59"E, 1418 m a.s.l., 6.IX.2017, 1♂ 9♀ 8juvs., leg. F. Kovařík; Borama, Amoud University campus, 09° 56'49"N 43°13'23"E, 1394 m a.s.l., 9-13.IX.2017, 1♂, leg. F. Kovařík.
DIAGNOSIS. Total length 40–60 mm, some males may be only 35 mm long. Trichobothrium db on fixed finger of pedipalp situated between trichobothria et and est. Sexual dimorphism not pronounced; manus of pedipalp of approximately same width in both sexes, but males have fingers of pedipalps slightly twisted. Pectinal teeth number 22–27 in males, 18–22 in females. Chelicerae yellow, anterior part could be reticulated in darker specimens. Pedipalps sparsely hirsute. Metasoma with only a few hairs. Color uniformly yellowish brown. Dorsal surfaces of pedipalps and ventral surfaces of metasoma with numerous dark spots. Mesosoma yellowish to reddish brown, with black spots. Femur of pedipalp with 5 carinae that may be incomplete. Patella with 8 carinae, of which some are smooth, without granules and obsolete. Chela lacks carinae but is usually granulate. Movable fingers of pedipalps with 12–14 rows of granules and 5 or 6 terminal granules. Seventh sternite bears 4 well marked carinae, usually granulated. First to third metasomal segments with 10 carinae; fourth with 8 or 10 carinae; fifth with 5 carinae. All carinae granulated, dorsal carinae bear larger terminal granules. Metasoma very narrow. First metasomal segment of adults usually longer than wide or as long as wide, second metasomal segment always longer than wide. Fourth metasomal segment length/width ratio 1.70–1.73 in both sexes. Telson very bulbous. Telson length/depth ratio 2.45– 2.48 in females.
description: Published as part of Kovařík, František, 2018, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XIV. Hottentotta somalicus sp. n. (Buthidae) from Somalia, pp. 1-8 in Euscorpius 256 (271) on page 2, DOI: 10.18590/euscorpius.2018.vol2018.iss271.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4648219