Barbaracurus lowei, Kovařík & Elmi, 2025

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 : 3

Barbaracurus lowei sp. n.

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Figures

Figures 1–2. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n., male paratype in vivo habitus (1) and its type locality (2).

Figures 3–6: Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. Figures 3–4. Holotype male, dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views. Figures 5–6. Paratype female, dorsal (5) and ventral (6) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (3–4, 5–6.

Figures 7–14: Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. Figures 7–8, 11–14. Holotype male, carapace and tergites I–IV (7), sternopectinal region and sternites III–VI (8), and distal segments of right legs I–IV, retrolateral views (11–14), Figures 9–10. Paratype female, carapace and tergites I–III (9), sternopectinal region and sternite III–V (10).

Figures 15–22: Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. Figures 15, 20–22. Holotype male, telson lateral view (15), metasoma and telson, lateral (20), dorsal (21) and ventral (22) views. Figures 16–19. Paratype female, telson lateral view (16), metasoma and telson, lateral (17), dorsal (18) and ventral (19) views. Scale bar: 10 mm (17–22).

Figures 23–44: Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. Figures 23–33. Holotype male. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (23), external (24), and ventral (25) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (26), external (27), and ventral (28) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internal (29), dorsal (31) and ventral (31) views. Pedipalp chela, movable (32) and fixed (33) fingers dentate margin.The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 24–27 and 29–30 (white circles). Figures 23–33. Paratype female. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (34), external (35), and ventral (36) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (37), external (38), and ventral (39) views. Pedipalp femur and trochanter, internal (40), dorsal (41) and ventral (42) views. Pedipalp chela, movable (32) and fixed (33) fingers dentate margin.

Figure 45. Map showing confirmed distribution of Barbaracurus spp.