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ScorpionMAP:   2159
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Keates Chad
Date of record:   2016-12-02
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   found beneath rock at the top of a koppie
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   303730
Species name:   Hadogenes gunningi
Common name:  
Family:   HORMURIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-2159
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2159 - photo: 1
VM-number: 2159 - photo: 2
VM-number: 2159 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ian Engelbrecht
Comment:  
Date:   2016-12-03 12:05:48
Species name:   Hadogenes gunningi -- Scorpions
Species code:   303730
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   adult female specimen in first two photos looks dead -- are these long-lived scorpions being collected? if so, what is the impact on wild populations already adversely affected by Gauteng urbanization?
Date:   2017-08-30 19:36:42
Species name:   Hadogenes gunningi -- Scorpions
Species code:   303730

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