Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003

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 : 84

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661535

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C09620-F832-FF8D-66D6-FBD2FE86FA7B

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scientific name

Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003
status

 

Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003 View in CoL

Brandbergia haringtoni: Prendini 2003 a: 159–165 View in CoL , figs 1, 5–8, table 3.

Material examined: 1♀holotype, GoogleMaps 1♀paratype ( AMNH [ AH 1029 About AMNH ]), Goaseb, Brandberg [21°14'S: 14°35'E], 1.iii.1978, H. Pager, 1650 m, syntopic with U. planimanus GoogleMaps .

Ecology and distribution: This endemic Namibian species is known only from two female specimens taken at a single, indefinite locality in the upper slopes (1650 m) of the Goaseb (Ga-Asab or Ga-Aseb) Gorge, just below the summit on the southern side of the Massif ( Figs 6 View Fig , 7 View Fig ). Two attempts to collect additional specimens at similar altitude in the upper reaches of the Goaseb Gorge (December 2003 and April 2006) were unsuccessful. It is likely that this species is restricted to the summit, upper and middle slopes of the Massif, where the rainfall is greater than at lower altitude. Based on its morphology, B. haringtoni is probably lapidicolous, sheltering under stones (Prendini 2001 b, 2003 a).

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Bothriuridae

Genus

Brandbergia

Loc

Brandbergia haringtoni Prendini, 2003

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

Brandbergia haringtoni

: Prendini 2003: 159 - 165
2003
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