Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . ichobothriotaxy of Parabuthus neglectus Purcell. a. External aspect of male chela. b. External aspect of female chela, c. Ventral aspect of female chela, d. Dorsal aspect of patella, e. External aspect of patella, f. Dorsal aspect of femur. 210 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM area of hard-packed soil. The author has found P. capensis in association withOpisthophthalmus pallidipes Koch, O. capensis (Herbst) and Uroplectescarinatus (Pocock). A laboratory specimen of P. capensis has been observed to excavate a runbene
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . ichobothriotaxy of Parabuthus neglectus Purcell. a. External aspect of male chela. b. External aspect of female chela, c. Ventral aspect of female chela, d. Dorsal aspect of patella, e. External aspect of patella, f. Dorsal aspect of femur. 210 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM area of hard-packed soil. The author has found P. capensis in association withOpisthophthalmus pallidipes Koch, O. capensis (Herbst) and Uroplectescarinatus (Pocock). A laboratory specimen of P. capensis has been observed to excavate a runbeneath ground cover as follows: the tail was curved either sideways or directlyover the mesosoma so that the telson lay above the carapace, and the first twopairs of walking legs were used in alternative scraping motions to loosen the body was then raised by stilting on the hind legs while the first two pairs oflegs and sometimes the third pair scraped the sand very vigorously so that itsprayed out behind the scorpion; the pedipalps and fourth pair of legs were used.
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