Barbaracurus, KovarIk, Lowe et Stahlavsky, 2018

Kovařík, František & Elmi, Hassan Sh Abdirahman, 2025, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae), Euscorpius 417, pp. 1-11 : 8-9

Key to the species of Barbaracurus

1. Pedipalp movable finger without an external accessory granule midway along most proximal granule row. ........ 2

– Pedipalp movable finger with an external accessory granule midway along most proximal granule row. ..................... 3

2. Base color uniformly yellow or orange, without any darker markings; sternite VII with very weak carination. ............. ............................................ B. prudenti (Lourenço, 2013)

– Base color yellow with brown spots on carapace, dark stripes on tergites, dark pedipalp patella and metasoma V; sternite VII with 4 well developed carinae. ........................ ................................................. B. ugartei ( KovařÍk, 2000)

3. Pedipalp movable finger with 6 rows of granules. .......... 4 – Pedipalp movable finger with 7 rows of granules. .......... 8 – Pedipalp movable finger with 8 rows of granules. .............

.................................................. B. hofereki KovařÍk, 2024

4. Pedipalp chela with narrower manus, chela length/ width ratio 4.3–5.6, finger margins weakly undulate at base, not leaving gap when closed (figs. 81, 84, 86 in KovařÍk et al., 2015). .............................................................................. 5