Odontobuthus Lourenco &amp; Duhem, 2009, gen. n.
Creators: name: Lourenco, Wilson
name: Duhem, Bernard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Odontobuthus

description: <i> Odontobuthus</i>. Th e very central position of the median ocular tubercle on the carapace and the shape of the telson with a strongly globular vesicle and a very short aculeus associates<i> Pantobuthus</i> gen. n. with<i> Buthus</i>. In this last genus, however, both carapace and mesosomal carinae are strongly developed and the 'lyra' configuration is totally complete. Th e very short and bulky pedipalps again associate<i> Pantobuthus</i> gen. n. with<i> Buthus</i>. However, the very strongly globular chela recall those of the male<i> Vachoniolus</i>. The male of<i> Pantobuthus complicatus</i> sp. n. remains unknown. Finally, the total displacement of chela trichobothrium<b> db</b> to the internal surface of fixed finger, the retreated position of lateral eyes and the tarsi with two series of short spine-like setae, but with external series reduced or totally absent appear to be particular characteristics of this genus.<i> Pantobuthus complicatus</i> sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 51EA8F5B-6C4D-41AC-9870-3A4F20E58532 Figs 5,18-28,31 Diagnosis: as for the new genus. Type material: Afghanistan, North range, East of Vic Shiberghan, Dasht-e-Leili, sandy/loess steppe (rather than desert), 480 m, XI/1971 ( C. Naumann), 1 female holotype. Deposited in the collection of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.<b> Etymology:</b> The specific name (from Latin<i> complicare</i>) means 'consisting of parts intricately combined' in reference to the puzzling characteristics of the new species. Description based on female holotype (Measurements in Table 1). Coloration. Basically yellowish with some light grey zones. Prosoma: carapace yellowish, paler anteriorly; carinae slightly reddish; eyes marked by dark to blackish pigment. Mesosoma: yellowish with tergites marked with greyish confluent zones; only the median carinae are dark. Metasoma: segments I to V yellowish with reddish carinae; vesicle yellowish with vestigial reddish zones laterally; aculeus yellowish at the base and dark reddish at its extremity. Venter yellowish; pectines pale yellow. Chelicerae yellowish without any variegated spots; fingers yellowish with reddish teeth. Pedipalps: yellowish with carinae reddish; chela fingers with the oblique rows of granules reddish. Legs pale yellow. Morphology. Carapace moderately granular; anterior margin with a very weak median concavity, almost straight. Carinae moderately marked; anterior median strongly granular, central median and posterior median carinae moderately granular, with a moderately to weakly marked 'lyre' configuration. All furrows moderate. Median ocular tubercle at the centre of carapace. Eyes separated by more than two ocular diameters. Three pairs of lateral eyes situated in a posterior position in relation to the anterior edge; the first two of moderate size, the last vestigial. Sternum triangular and short; wider than long. Mesosoma: tergites moderately granular. Th ree longitudinal carinae weakly crenulate in tergites I to VI; lateral carinae reduced in tergites I to III. Tergite VII pentacarinate. Venter: genital operculum divided longitudinally in two semi-oval plates. Pectines: pectinal tooth count 24-23; middle basal lamella of the pectines not dilated. Sternites without granules, smooth with elongated spiracles; four carinae on
description: Published as part of <i>Lourenco, Wilson &amp; Duhem, Bernard, 2009, Saharo-Sindian buthid scorpions; description of two new genera and species from Occidental Sahara and Afghanistan, pp. 37-54 in ZooKeys 14</i> on page 45, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.14.212, http://zenodo.org/record/576470