Hemiscorpius, Peters, 1861

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

Key to the species of Hemiscorpius from the Horn of Africa ( Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, and Somaliland)

1. Pedipalp chela in female narrow, L/W ratio more than 2.9. ............................................................................ H. tellinii

– Pedipalp chela L/W ratio in female less than 2.6. ........... 2

2. Metasoma with dorsal lateral carinae composed from strong pointed granules ( Figs. 127–130 ). ........................ 3

– Metasoma with dorsal lateral carinae composed from small blunted granules at least in female ( Figs. 126 ). ................. .................................................................. H. huluul sp. n.

3. Pedipalp chela in male narrow L/W ratio 2.9. .................... ....................................................................... H. somalicus

– Pedipalp chela L/W ratio in male less than 2.5. .............. 4

4. Metasoma enlarged in male. Metasoma V L/W ratio less than 2.5 in female and more than 3.1 in male ( Figs.129– 130 ). .................................................................. H. novaki

–. Metasoma V L/W ratio 2.55–2.75 in both sexes ( Figs.127– 128 ). ................................................................... H. lipsae

Figures

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).