Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979

Prendini, Lorenzo & Bird, Tharina L., 2008, Scorpions of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia: Species richness inversely correlated with altitude, African Invertebrates 49 (2), pp. 77-77 : 98

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.049.0205

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661574

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C09620-F820-FF9F-66FE-FB63FEAEFA65

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scientific name

Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979
status

 

Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979 View in CoL

Opisthophthalmus gibbericauda: Lamoral 1979: 707–711 , figs 356, 441–448.

Material examined: 1 ♂ ( AMNH [ AH 1339 View Materials ]), Uis [21°03'S: 14°51'E], late 1979–early 1980, H. Henke GoogleMaps .

Ecology and distribution: This semi-psammophilous species excavates moderate to deep, spiral burrows in open ground in consolidated sandy-loam substrata (Lamoral 1979; Prendini 2001 b). It is endemic to Angola and Namibia (Lamoral 1979; Prendini 2005 a) and has been collected in areas to the southeast of the Brandberg, but not on the Massif itself.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Scorpionidae

Genus

Opistophthalmus

Loc

Opistophthalmus gibbericauda Lamoral, 1979

Prendini, Lorenzo & Bird, Tharina L. 2008
2008
Loc

Opisthophthalmus gibbericauda

: Lamoral 1979: 707 - 711
1979
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