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ScorpionMAP:   1776
Province:   Otjozondjupa
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2016DA
Observer:   Engelking Ethne; Kerstin Engelking
Date of record:   2016-09-10
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   304440
Species name:   Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi
Common name:  
Family:   SCORPIONIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Opistophthalmus setifrons
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-1776
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1776 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ian Engelbrecht
Comment:  
Date:   2016-09-20 15:32:14
Species name:   Opistophthalmus setifrons -- Scorpions
Species code:   304860
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   carapace, chelae and metasoma inconsistent with setifrons
Date:   2017-08-29 19:38:47
Species name:   Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi -- Scorpions
Species code:   304440

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