Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000

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 : 100-102

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7671620

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C09620-F822-FF93-66C0-FC83FCA6FE6D

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scientific name

Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000
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Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000 View in CoL

Opistophthalmus lamorali: Prendini 2000 a: 109–119 View in CoL .

Opisthophthalmus undulatus ugabensis Hewitt, 1934: 408–410 ( AMGS 6574 View Materials : ♂ only, not ♀syntype), pl. I, figs 1, 4.

Material examined: 1 ♂ ( NHRM [ JF 173]), Brandberg [21°14'S: 14°30'E], 8.iii.2004, C. R. Owen; 1 ♂ ( SMN 3090 [TB 07/05]), 1♀( SMN 3089 [TB 07/05]), Brandberg, SW, 21°14'49.86''S: 14°25'54.36''E, 625 m, 5.ii.2007, T.L. Bird, A. Klann, P. Michalik & G. Talarico, scattered rubble, under stones; 1 ♂ ( AMNH [ AH 3202]), Brandberg, W foot [21°09'S: 14°42'E], 3.xii.1982, S. Braine; 1 subad. ♂ paratype ( NMSA 10711 [ SMN 89]), Brandberg West, 32 km from coast on road [21°15'S: 14°10'E], 29.iv.1964, W. Steyn; 1 subad.♀2 juv. ♂ 3 juv.♀( NHRM [JF]), Brandberg West [21°00'S: 14°09'E], 23.iii.2005, C. R. Owen; 1 ♂ paratype ( SMN 1898), Brandberg West Mine, 21°00.51'S: 14°09.03'E, 300 m, 17.i.1998, L. Prendini & E. Scott, stoney plain with small drainage, under stone; 12 ♂ 3♀1 subad. ♂ Brandberg, Amis Gorge [21°11'S: 14°28'E], 30.i.1981, A. Harington (5 ♂ AMNH [AH 1742–1744, 1748, 1764], 3♀AMNH [AH 1745–1747]), H. Pager (1 ♂ AMNH [ AH 3296]), 31.i.1981,A. Harington (6 ♂ AMNH [AH 1929, 3367, 3369–3371, 3453], 1 subad. ♂ AMNH [ AH 3368]); 4 subad. ♂ 1 subad.♀2 juv. ♂ 1 juv.♀paratypes ( SMN 1900), Brandberg, Messum valley mouth [21°14'S: 14°31'E], 690 m, 17.iv.1999, S. van Noort, under rock, gravel plain with Welwitschias; 1 subad. ♂ ( AMNH [ AH 1749]), Brandberg, Numas Gorge [21°07'S: 14°25'E], 30.i.1981, A. Harington; 1 subad. ♂ paratype ( SMN 1899), Numaskloof, Brandberg, 21°07.48'S: 14°25.54'E, 470 m, 17.i.1998, L. Prendini & E. Scott, under stone at base of rocky slope, syntopic with P. granulatus , P.villosus , H. tityrus , O. ugabensis and O. wahlbergii ; 2 ♂ ( AMNH [AH 3288, 3289]), Brandberg, opposite Orabes Wall [21°13'S: 14°38'E], 1.ii.1981, A. Harington; 1 ♂ paratype ( SMN 1901), Messum Crater [21°27'S: 14°13'E], 9.iv.2000, M. Griffin, under stone, gravel plains; 1♀1 subad. ♂ paratypes ( SMN 1897), Messum R., hills near intersection with road to Brandberg-Wes, 21°15.58'S: 14°26.72'E, 700 m, 17.i.1998, L. Prendini & E. Scott, low stony hills with Welwitschias, under dark metallic stones; 1 ♂ ( NHRM [ JF 109]), Tafelkop, 16.5 km W [21°03'S: 14°10'E], 10.iv.2002, C. R. Owen; 1 ♂ ( NHRM [ JF 108]), Tafelkop, 20 km E [21°03'S: 14°26'E], 16.iv.2002, C. R. Owen; 1 juv. ♂ paratype ( NMSA 17185 [ AMGS 6458]), Brandberg area, Uis [21°09'S: 14°47'E]; 10 paratypes, Uis [21°13'S: 14°51'E], 2 ♂ 2♀( AMGS), 1968, J.J. Nel (1 ♂ TMSA 18201), 13.ii.1968, J.J. Nel (1 subad. ♂ TMSA 18199), x.1968, J.J. Nel (1 ♂ TMSA 18200), i.1969, J.J. Nel (1 subad.♀TMSA 10028), 30.iii.1969, J.J. Nel ( 1♀TMSA 18290), 21.i–27.ii.1995, E. Marais, preservative pitfall traps (1 ♂ SMN 1792); 3 ♂ ( AMNH [AH 2034–2036]), Uis [21°15'S: 14°50'E], iii–iv.1981, J. Botha; 3♀( AMNH [AH 2141, 2142, 2233]), Uis tin mine, Uis [21°13'S: 14°51'E], vii.1981, J. Botha; 9 ♂ 3♀paratypes ( SMN 1896), 1 ♂ 1♀paratypes ( AMNH), 1 ♂ 1♀paratypes ( CASC), 1 juv.♀paratype ( AMCC 100858 [ LP 1161]), Uis, 2 km from town, 21°13.48'S: 14°51.84'E, 780 m, 15.i.1998, L. Prendini & E. Scott, rocky flats on outskirts of town, night collecting with UV detection, syntopic with P.villosus and U. planimanus ; 2 ♂ 2♀( AMNH), 1 subad.♀( SMN 2952), Uis, 3 km W on road to Hentiesbaai, 21°13'57.5''S: 14°51'08.7''E, 814 m, 31.iii.2006, L. Prendini, T.L. Bird & S.K. Uunona, UV detection on warm, still, dark night, becoming windy later, followed by rain, low rocky hills with Euphorbia damarana , small Acacias and sparse grass, specimens collected in open rocky ground; 1 ♂ paratype ( SAMC C1367 View Materials ), Uis , Brandberg area [21°09'S: 14°47'E]; 2 ♂ ( AMNH [ AH 2130 About AMNH , 2131 About AMNH ]), Uis R., nr Kai-Nuses, nr Uis [21°11'S: 14°52'E], 2.ii.1981, A. Harington GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Specimen NMSA 10711 [ SMN 89] was misidentified as Opistophthalmus litoralis Lawrence, 1955 by Lamoral (1979: 729).

Ecology and distribution: This semi-lithophilous species ( Fig. 20 View Figs 19, 20 ) excavates shallow scrapes under stones in consolidated gritty or clayey substrata ( Prendini 2000 a, 2001 b). It is endemic to Namibia ( Prendini 2000, 2005 a) and has been collected in rocky areas surrounding the Brandberg ( Fig. 3 View Fig ) and in gorges intersecting the Massif ( Fig. 4 View Fig ), e.g. Numaskloof (470 m), but not on the slopes or the summit.

NHRM

Naturhistoriska Rijkmuseet

JF

Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

SMN

Simao District National Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

AH

Universidad de Alcalá

NMSA

KwaZulu-Natal Museum

3♀AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

AMGS

Albany Museum

TMSA

Transvaal Museum

.♀TMSA

Transvaal Museum

1♀TMSA

Transvaal Museum

AMCC

Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection, American Museum of Natural History

LP

Laboratory of Palaeontology

UV

Departamento de Biologia de la Universidad del Valle

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Scorpiones

Family

Scorpionidae

Genus

Opistophthalmus

Loc

Opistophthalmus lamorali Prendini, 2000

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

Opistophthalmus lamorali: Prendini 2000 a: 109–119

PRENDINI, L. 2000: 119
2000
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