Malacothrix typica (A. Smith, 1834) . S. Afr. Quart. J., 2: 148.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, E Cape Prov., Graaff Reinet Dist .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa (Cape Prov., Orange Free State, SW Transvaal), S Botswana, Namibia, and SW Angola (see map in Skinner and Smithers, 1990:303).

SYNONYMS: damarensis, egeria, fryi, harveyi, kalaharicus, molopensis.

COMMENTS: Species is now absent from Natal in South Africa but was present up to about 60,000 years ago (Avery, 1991).