Hemiscorpius somalicus Lourenço, 2011

Euscorpius & No., 2025, Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part XXXVII. The genus Hemiscorpius (Hemiscorpiidae), Euscorpius 411, pp. 1-24 : 23

Hemiscorpius somalicus Lourenço, 2011

( Figs. 97–101 , 123–124 , 131 )

Hemiscorpion socotranus : Caporiacco, 1937: 362.

Hemiscorpius socotranus : El-Hennawy, 1992: 135; KovařÍk & Whitman, 2005: 115.

Hemiscorpius somalicus Lourenço, 2011a: 279 ; Lourenço, 2011b: 24; KovařÍk & Mazuch, 2011: 3–4, figs. 11–14; KarataŞ & Gharkheloo, 2013: 19; Monod et al., 2019: 143 2.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Somalia, 5 km E of Meleden, road to Scusciuban , 10°25'59"N 49°48'38"E ; ZMUH.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED ( ZMUH). Somalia (Puntland), 5 km E of Meleden, road to Scusciuban , IV.1982, 1♂ (holotype), leg. P. M. Brignoli.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED ( MZUF). Somalia ( Puntland ), Bender Cassim, IX.1933, 1♀ , MZUF Reg. No. 992 (figs. 11– 14 in KovařÍk & Mazuch , 2011: 4) .

DISTRIBUTION. Somalia (Puntland) ( Fig. 131 ).

Figures

Figures 97–101. Hemiscorpius somalicus, male holotype in dorsal (97) and ventral (98) views. Carapace and tergites I–II (99), sternopectinal area and sternite III (100), and telson lateral (101). Scale bar: 10 mm (97–98).

Figures 118–130: Hemiscorpius ssp. Figures 118–125. Pedipalp chela in dorsal views, H. huluul sp. n., female holotype (118), H. lipase, female holotype (119) and male from Djibouti, locality 23DB (120), H.novaki, female from Somaliland, Osali (121) and male from Somaliland, Gargara Galbeed (122), H. somalicus, female from Somalia (Puntland), Bender Cassim (123) and male holotype (124), and H. tellinii female holotype (125). Figures 126–130. Metasoma and telson in dorsal views, H. huluul sp. n., female holotype (126), H. lipase, female holotype (127) and male from Djibouti, locality 23DB (128), H. novaki, female from Somaliland, Osali (129) and male from Somaliland, Gargara Galbeed (130).

Figures 131–132: Figure 131. Map showing known distribution of the genus Hemiscorpius in Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, and Somaliland). Figure 132. Somaliland, vicinity of Huluul Village, type locality of Hemiscorpius huluul sp. n.