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ScorpionMAP:   2772
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531CA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2012-09-04
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Malelane Mountain Bushveld (low-lying closed savanna)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   304130
Species name:   Opisthacanthus laevipes
Common name:  
Family:   HORMURIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Cheloctonus jonesii
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-2772
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2772 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ian Engelbrecht
Comment:   based on locality
Date:   2017-11-05 08:42:02
Species name:   Opisthacanthus laevipes -- Scorpions
Species code:   304130
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   plausible, but diagnostic characters not visible in photo
Date:   2017-11-18 04:19:17
Species name:   Opisthacanthus laevipes -- Scorpions
Species code:   304130

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