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Uroplectes ansiedippenaarae Prendini, 2015

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Species
Uroplectes Peters, 1861
ansiedippenaarae
Prendini
Prendini, Lorenzo. 2015 A remarkably small species of Uroplectes Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), endemic to the Succulent Karoo of South Africa. African invertebrates 56(2): 499–513.
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Holotype ♂ (AMNH): SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape Province: Calvinia District: Farm Loeriesfontein 675, 4.6 km N Loeriesfontein on road AP 2972 to Granaatboskolk, opposite landing strip, 30°54.348'S 19°25.449'E, 860 m, 16.ii.2007, L. Prendini & J. Huff, Nama/Succulent karoo transition on shallow pan with hard clayey-loam soil, cracked clay surface, with succulent mats, UV detection on cold, windy, moonless night, sympatric with Uroplectes carinatus (Pocock, 1890) and Opistophthalmus sp. Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape Province: Calvinia District: same data as holotype, 6♂ 1♀ (AMNH), 1 subad. ♀ (AMCC [LP 6882]); Farm Ezelkopvlakte 333, 13.9 km SW intersection with R355 (Kliprand–Loeriesfontein) on Loop 6 road along Sishen–Saldanha railway line, 30°55.974'S 19°00.070'E, 369 m, 26.ii.2009, L. Prendini & H. Bichard, Succulent Karoo along pans in Kromrivier bed, mesems and Salsola L. dominant vegetation on consolidated, compacted alluvium, soft near surface but becoming harder below, UV detection on cool, still, dark night, specimens collected sitting on the ground, sympatric with Opistophthalmus spp., U. carinatus and U. gracilior Hewitt, 1914, 3♂ (AMNH); Kamdaniekop valley, 7 km SW Loeriesfontein, 30°59'S 19°24'E, 27–28.ii.1979, B.H. Lamoral, sympatric with U. carinatus, 15♂ 1♀ (NMSA 22128 old 11338). Sutherland District: Tankwa Karoo National Park: Farm Lange Kloof 60, Langkloof, 13 km NE intersection with P2250 (Calvinia–Ceres), 32°09.242'S 20°09.824'E, 662 m, 11.ii.2010, L. Prendini & I. Engelbrecht, dry riverbed (Langkloof) and adjacent steep rocky slopes, Succulent karoo on clayey-loam soil, relatively open area, UV detection on warm, moonless night with slight breeze, wind at 1 am, specimens sitting or walking on open, stony ground, sympatric with O. pallipes C.L. Koch, 1842, Parabuthus capensis (Ehrenberg, 1831) and Uroplectes sp., 3♂ (AMNH), 32°09.271'S 20°09.827'E, 655 m, ibid., 6♂ (AMNH), 1♂ (AMCC [LP 10382]). Western Cape Prov.: Vanrhynsdorp District: Fa
SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape Province: Calvinia District: Farm Loeriesfontein 675, 4.6 km N Loeriesfontein on road AP 2972 to Granaatboskolk, opposite landing strip, 30°54.348'S 19°25.449'E, 860 m