Leiurus quinquestriatus

Description. Male / female total body length (9 - 13 cm). General coloration yellow to brownish yellow, depending on region. Prosoma yellowish brown, with brownish granulated carinae. Mesosoma brown, tergites granulated all over (I-VI darker than VII). Metasoma yellow, except segment V which is dark brown; tip of telson black. Legs pale yellow. Pedipalps long and yellow; manus normal. Pectines with 28 teeth in females and 36 - 37 teeth in males.

Sumber: Additions to the distribution of Sudanese scorpions

(Figs. 72 – 82, 87 H, 88 H, 89 H, 90 H, 91 D, 92 J, 93 K, 94 – 95, 96 C, 98 – 99, Tabs. 3 A, 5)

Sumber: A review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula

MEASUREMENTS. Male syntype (Fig. 82 C, subadult) (mm). Total L 63.0; metasoma + telson L 41.5; carapace L 6.6, W 7.8; metasomal segments (L / W) I 5.4 / 4.2, II 6.3 / 3.6, III 6.3 / 3.5, IV 7.3 / 3.2, V 8.6 / 3.0; telson L 7.6; pedipalp chela L 13.1, manus W 1.9, movable finger L 8.9; pedipalp femur L 7.2, W 1.7, patella L 8.0, W 2.2; pectine L 8.5, mid-pectine sensillar margin L 0.85; pectine teeth 30 – 30. Adult female syntype (Fig. 82 A) (mm). Total L 90.0; metasoma + telson L 56.7; carapace L 10.3, W 11.6; metasomal segments (L / W) I 7.4 / 5.8, II 8.5 / 5.3, III 8.6 / 5.2, IV 10.1 / 4.7, V 11.4 / 4.4; telson L 10.7; pedipalp chela L 18.7, manus W 3.3, movable finger L 13.5; pedipalp femur L 10.1, W 2.8, patella L 10.8, W 3.5; pectine L 9.7, mid-pectine sensillar margin L 0.90; pectine teeth 30. Male, Kena, Egypt (NHMB 17 g) (mm). Total L 74.00; metasoma + telson L 48.00; carapace L 8.28, W 8.57, carapace preocular L 3.69; metasomal segments (L / D / W) I 6.31 / 4.30 / 5.15, II 7.50 / 4.57 / 4.55, III 7.71 / 3.78 / 4.28, IV 8.62 / 3.41 / 3.87, V 9.28 / 3.22 / 3.68; telson L 7.62; vesicle L 3.76, D 3.04, W 3.04; pedipalp chela L 15.60, manus ventral L 4.49, manus W 2.35, manus D 2.57, fixed finger L 9.90, movable finger L 11.40; pedipalp femur L 8.22, W 2.31, patella L 9.50, W 2.81; pectine L 9.98, mid-pectine sensillar margin L 0.898; leg III femur L 8.77; leg III patella L 7.59, D 2.00; chela db – est distance (left / right) 0.958 / 0.917; pectine teeth (left / right) 35 / 35. Female, Kena, Egypt (NHMB 17 g) (mm). Total L 80.00; metasoma + telson L 53.00; carapace L 9.46, W 10.80, carapace preocular L 4.44; metasomal segments (L / D / W) I 6.62 / 5.18 / 5.75, II 7.96 / 4.64 / 5.04, III 8.16 / 4.49 / 4.79, IV 8.99 / 3.93 / 4.35, V 10.11 / 3.59 / 4.34; telson L 9.33; vesicle L 4.63, D 3.51, W 3.62; pedipalp chela L 17.03, manus ventral L 5.14, manus W 2.63, manus D 3.14, fixed finger L 9.99, movable finger L 12.14; pedipalp femur L 8.88, W 2.75, patella L 10.12, W 3.44; pectine L 9.53, mid-pectine sensillar margin L 0.653; leg III femur L 9.71; leg III patella L 8.29, D 2.17; chela db – est distance (left / right) 0.917 / 1.125; pectine teeth (left / right) 28 / 28.

Sumber: A review of the genus Leiurus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with description of four new species from the Arabian Peninsula