Scorpions of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia: Species richness inversely correlated with altitude Author Prendini, Lorenzo Author Bird, Tharina L. text African Invertebrates 2008 2008-12-31 49 2 77 77 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.049.0205 journal article 10.5733/afin.049.0205 2305-2562 7661550 Parabuthus kraepelini Werner, 1902 Parabuthus kraepelini : Werner 1902: 599 . Material examined: 5 _ ( AMNH [AH 1653, 1656, 1848, 3290, 3291]), 5^( AMNH [AH 1652, 1654, 1655, 1657, 3292]), Brandberg, base of hill 282, opposite Orabeskopf [ 21°15'S : 14°38'E ], 1.ii.1981 , A. Harington, night collecting (cloudy sky, warm, windless), on harder flats at base of hill, sympatric with H. conspersus , P. brevimanus , P. gracilis , P. granulatus , U. gracilior , U. planimanus , O. jenseni , O. lamorali and O. wahlbergii ; 1 _ ( AMNH [ AH 3384]), 1^( AMNH [ AH 3385]), Daweb (N Uis), 4 km S [ 21°03'S : 14°54'E ], 6.ii.1981 , A. Harington, on sand flats away from hills, one had a burrow, often nr Euphorbia bushes, sympatric with L. elegans , P. brevimanus , P. granulatus , O. jenseni and O. wahlbergii ; 1 subad. _ ( AMNH [ AH 3601]), 2 _ ( AMNH [AH 1795, 1796]), Omatjette–Khorixas junction, 25 km towards Uis [ 21°03'S : 14°53'E ], 6.ii.1981 , A. Harington ( 1 subad. _ ), syntopic with P. brevimanus and O. jenseni (2 _ ); 1 _ ( AMNH [ AH 2144]), Uis R ., nr Kai-Nuses, nr Uis [ 21°11'S : 14°52'E ], 2.ii.1981 , A. Harington, syntopic with P. brevimanus , P. namibensis , U. otjimbinguensis and U. planimanus ; 1 _ ( AMNH [ AH 1193]), Uis [ 21°15'S : 14°50'E ], 1979, H. Henke, syntopic with P. granulatus ; 1 _ ( TMSA 18158), Uis tin mine, Uis [ 21°13'S : 14°51'E ], 7.ii.1969 , J.J. Nel; 1^( SMN 1621 [ SAIMR 860]), Uis mine, 30.iii.1969 , J.J. Nel; 2 _ ( AMNH [AH 2085, 2087]), 2^( AMNH [AH 2086, 2088]), Uis, 20 km from turnoff to Khorixas [ 21°02'S : 14°54'E ], 6.ii.1981 , A. Harington, drizzling, specimens on sand flats away from hill, often near Euphorbias, one in burrow, syntopic with P. gracilis , P. granulatus , O. jenseni and O. wahlbergii . Ecology and distribution: This semi-psammophilous species ( Fig. 13 ) excavates burrows in open ground and at the base of shrubs and grass tufts in consolidated sandy and gritty substrata (Lamoral 1979; Prendini 2001 b , 2004). Although it may also occur in Angola , this species has been recorded only from Namibia (Lamoral 1979; Prendini 2004, 2005 a ). It has been collected in the areas surrounding the Brandberg, but not on the Massif itself.