Androctonus bourdoni Vachon, 1948

Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme & Šťáhlavský, František, 2025, Three new species of Androctonus from Morocco (Arachnida Scorpiones: Buthidae), Euscorpius 420, pp. 1-29 : 8

Androctonus bourdoni Vachon, 1948

( Figures 154, 162 , 178 )

Androctonus mauretanicus bourdoni Vachon, 1948: 315–316 , figs. 183–187 (1952: 144–145, figs. 183–187)

Androctonus mauritanicus bourdoni : Fet & Lowe, 2000: 74 (complete reference list until 1998).

Androctonus bourdoni : SadÍlek et al., 2015: 69–74, figs. 1–2; Ythier & Lourenço, 2022: 242–243, figs. 3–4, 18–19, tab. 1.

Androctonus mauretanicus (in part): Lourenço, 2005: 164– 167.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE DEPOSITORY. Morocco, Agadir ; MNHN (lectotype designated by Ythier & Lourenço, 2022: 242–243) .

Morocco, Tiznit , 29°49.487’N 09°38.132’W, 150 m a. s. l., 2016, 4♂ (1129, 1516) 2♀, leg. M. Stockmann ; Biougra , 30.10403°N 9.21424°W, 1♂ (1515, Fig. 154, 162 ), leg. M. Stockmann.

DIAGNOSIS ♂ ♀. Adults 60–80 mm in length; base color uniformly black; pectine teeth 26–30 in males, 22–25 in females; metasoma I– V with ventral and lateral surfaces granulate; metasoma I– V with 10-8-8-8-5 carinae; metasoma IV length/width ratio 1.05–1.15 in both sexes; metasoma IV with dorsal carinae composed posteriorly of blunt denticles, posterior-most denticle may be enlarged; sternite V with smooth patch, large in adult males, slightly smaller in females; sternite VI –VII with four carinae; pedipalp fixed and movable fingers with 14–15 subrows of denticles, each flanked by external and internal accessory denticles; fingers with weak basal lobe/notch combination; fingers elongated, chela with length/width ratio 4.8–5.4 in both sexes; tarsomere I of legs I–III with bristle-combs; telson slender, vesicle small and flat, aculeus about as long as vesicle.

Figures

Figures 153–164: Figures 153–161: Comparative figures of pedipalp chela dorsal and external views of males. Figure 153. A. mauritanicus (Pocock, 1902) from Morocco, Taroudant, Figure 154. A. bourdoni Vachon, 1948 from Morocco, Biougra. Figure 155. A. gonneti Vachon, 1948 from Morocco El Ouatia env., 28.53°N 11.29°W. Figure 156–157. A. sergenti from Morocco, Tafengha, 2 km S Irherm, 30.073246°N 8.461766°W. Figure 158–159. A. argoubi sp. n., holotype. Figure 160–162. A. vaneki sp. n., holotype. Figures 162–163. Metasoma I–III in male of A. bourdoni Vachon, 1948 from Morocco, Biougra (162) and male of A. liouvillei (Pallary, 1924) from Morocco, Taroudant (163). Figure 164. Metasoma in ventral view, A. gonneti Vachon, 1948 from Morocco El Ouatia env., 28.53°N 11.29°W.

Figures 178–179: Confirmed distribution of specimens of dark species of genus Androctonus in Morocco and Western Sahara examined for this study and deposited in the first author collection (178) and the locality of A. sergenti in Morocco, Anti Atlas mts., 62 km SE of Agadir, 30.05°N 9.07°W (179).