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ScorpionMAP:   2330
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3326AC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2010-11-03
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Kowie Thicket (thorny thicket)
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   304290
Species name:   Opistophthalmus sp.
Common name:  
Family:   SCORPIONIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Opistophthalmus macer
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ScorpionMAP-2330
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2330 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Ian Engelbrecht
Comment:  
Date:   2017-01-18 15:26:29
Species name:   Opistophthalmus sp. -- Scorpions
Species code:   304290
Comment number:   2
By:   Lorenzo Prendini
Comment:   only fossorial species recorded in the area are O. latimanus and O. nitidiceps; shape and provenance inconsistent with nitidiceps burrow entrance so probably latimanus
Date:   2017-08-31 19:11:43
Species name:   Opistophthalmus sp. -- Scorpions
Species code:   304290

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