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039A215CFF80FF8EFFD6FD2BD758FDD1.text	039A215CFF80FF8EFFD6FD2BD758FDD1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lisposoma elegans Lawrence 1928	<div><p>Lisposoma elegans Lawrence, 1928</p> <p>Lisposoma elegans Lawrence, 1928: 281–286, pl. XXIII, fig. 52–57, pl. XXIV, fig. 58.</p> <p>Lisposoma elegans: Werner, 1934: 274; Lawrence, 1955: 257; Vachon, 1974: 940, fig. 92, 102, 134–136; Lamoral &amp; Reynders, 1975: 544; Lamoral, 1979: 662–665, fig. 318–326, 329, 330; Francke, 1982: 36; Lourenço, 1996: 85, fig. 2; Kovařík, 1998: 101; Lowe &amp; Fet, 2000: 34; Lourenço, 2000: 39, fig. 20; Prendini, 2000: 40, table 3, figs. 2, 6; Prendini, 2001: 137; Prendini, 2003a: figs. 2 –4, appendix 1; Prendini, 2003b: 247–257, 262, figs. 1 –19, table 2; Fet et al., 2004: 195–207, table I, II, figs. 1, 3, 17, 20; Prendini, 2005a: 51, 70 (appendix 1).</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL: NAMIBIA: Kunene Region: Opuwo District: Lectotype / (SAMC B6980), desig. Lamoral (1979: 663), Okorosave [Korosave, 188109S 138489E], South West Africa, i–iv.1926, S.A. Museum Expedition. Paralectotypes (desig. Lamoral, 1979: 663): Sesfontein [198089S 138379E], South West Africa, i–iv.1925, S.A. Museum Expedition, 1/ 10 subad. / (SAMC B6066/ B6077). Outjo District: Kamanjab [198389S 148509E], South West Africa, ii.1925, S.A. Museum Expedition, 1 subad.? (NMSA 16411 ex SAMC B6773); Outjo [208079S 168099E], South West Africa, i–iv.1926, S.A. Museum Expedition, 1? 3 subad.? (SAMC B6077).</p> <p>ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: NAMIBIA: Erongo Region: Karibib District: 20 km E Namib­Naukuft Park gate on Us Pass road, 238079S 158449E, 15.xi.1974, S. Endrödy­ Younga, pitfall trap, 1 subad.? (TMSA 12420 [EY 470B]); 30 km E Namib­Naukuft Park gate on Us Pass road, 238059S 158499E, 15.xi.1974, S. Endrödy­Younga, pitfall trap, 2? (TMSA 12422–12423 [EY 471G]). Omaruru District: 20 km S of Omatjette­Khorixas junction [218039S 148539E], 6.ii.1981, A. Harington, near rocky hill, ground was sandy, area basically flat, 1? (AMNH [AH 2133]); Tsisab ravine foot [Brandberg], 218059S 148409E, 27.ii–20.vi.1995, E. Marais, preservative pitfall trap, 1 juv. / (NMNW 1861); Brandberg, N end Tsisab, 218059S 148409E, 21.i–27.ii.1995, E. Marais, preservative pitfall traps, 1? 1/ (NMNW 1860); Brandberg, summit, below Longipoele, 21811934.90S 14833923.90E, 23.xii. 2003, L. Prendini, T. Bird, &amp; N. Krone, collected with UV light on warm, dark, still night, in dry watercourse surrounded by granite slopes and boulders, with a fairly dense Acacia thicket in places, specimens sitting on ground surface, 1794 m, syntopic with Parabuthus brevimanus (Thorell, 1876), Uroplectes otjimbinguensis (Karsch, 1879) (in bushes and trees), U. planimanus (Karsch, 1879), Hadogenes tityrus (Simon, 1888), and Opistophthalmus carinatus (Peters, 1861), 1? (AMCC 138987), 1? (AMNH); Brandberg, summit, between Longipoele and Helmpoele, 21811933.20S 14833931.40E, 23.xii.2003, L. Prendini, T. Bird, &amp; N. Krone, collected with UV light on warm, dark, still night, in sheltered, flat sandy valley with granite domes and boulders intersected by dry watercourses, granitic loam soil with Stipagrostis ­Aristida grassland, Boscia, Cyphostemma, Euphorbia, and Ozoroa in rocky areas, specimen sitting on ground surface, 1830 m, syntopic with P. brevimanus, U. otjimbinguensis (in bushes and trees), U. planimanus, and O. carinatus, 1? (AMNH). Swakopmund District: Rössing Mine, Arandis Control Site, 228089S 158009E, 13.iii–9.iv.1984, E. Griffin, preservative pitfall traps, 1? 1 subad.? 3 juv. / (NMNW 826), same data, except ‘‘ 9.iv– 8.v.1984 ’’, 1/ (NMNW 832); Rössing Mine, Arandis Site, 228229S 148599E, 11.ii– 11.iii.1985, J. Irish &amp; H. Rust, preservative pitfall traps, 1 juv.? (NMNW 890), same data, except ‘‘ 11.iii–9.iv.1985 ’’, 1 subad.? (NMNW 901); Rössing Mine, Crusher Dust</p> <p>Figs. 3–8. Collection localities for Lisposoma Lawrence, 1928 in Namibia. 3. Brandberg Massif, summit, near Helmpoele, habitat of Lisposoma elegans Lawrence, 1928. 4. Waterberg Plateau, southern edge, habitat of Lisposoma josehermana Lamoral, 1979: wooded thicket below cliff face. 5–8. Farm Varianto on Elandshoek 771, Otavi Highlands, habitat of L. josehermana. 5. Rocky slopes in wooded thicket at base of hill. 6. Dolomite boulders and rock faces at base of wooded slope, where specimens were collected. 7, 8. Microhabitat: specimens were observed sitting and walking on rock faces and in crevices at night.</p> <p>Area, 228279S 158029E, 13.iii–9.iv.1984, E. Griffin, preservative pitfall traps, 1? (NMNW 829), same data, except ‘‘ 9.iv– 8.v.1984 ’’, 1/ (NMNW 839); Rössing Mine, Crusher Dust Area, 228289S 158029E, 11.ii– 11.iii.1985, J. Irish &amp; H. Rust, preservative pitfall traps, 6? 3/ 1 subad.? (NMNW 897), same data, except ‘‘ 11.iii–9.iv.1985 ’’, 1/ 1 juv.? (NMNW 910); Rössing Mine, Dome Gorge, 228289S 158049E, 11.ii– 11.iii.1985, J. Irish &amp; H. Rust, preservative pitfall traps, 2? 1 subad.? 2 subad. / 1 juv. / (NMNW 898), same data, except ‘‘ 11.iii– 9.iv.1985 ’’, 1? (NMNW 912), same data, except ‘‘ 5.iv–6.v.1985 ’’, 1 juv. [sex indet.] (NMNW 918); Rössing Mine, Lower Ostrich Gorge, 228309S 148589E, 11.iii–9.iv.1985, J. Irish &amp; H. Rust, preservative pitfall traps, 1 subad.? (NMNW 909); Rössing Mine, Upper Ostrich Gorge, 228299S 148599E, 11.ii– 11.iii.1985, J. Irish &amp; H. Rust, preservative pitfall traps, 1? 1/ 1 juv. / (NMNW 891), same data, except ‘‘ 11.iii–9.iv.1985 ’’, 1/ (NMNW 905), same data, except ‘‘ 5.iv– 6.v.1985 ’’, 1 subad.? (NMNW 915). Namib­Naukluft Park: Gobabeb [238349S 158039E], 26.i.1975, S. Endrödy­Younga, pitfall trap, 3? 1 juv.? 1 juv. / (TMSA 11114), 1/ (TMSA 11111); 42 km along Mirabib road from Gobabeb [238259S 158269E], 28.ii.1975, S. Endrödy­Younga, pitfall trap, 1 subad. / 1 juv.? (TMSA 11104); Volstruishoogte [23800.649S 15824.749E], 26.i.1998, L. Prendini &amp; E. Scott, under ironstone, 360 m, 1? (AMCC 139001). Khomas Region: Windhoek District: 44 km E Namib­Naukuft Park gate on Us Pass road, 238049S 158569E, 24.i.1975, S. Endrödy­Younga, pitfall trap, 1 juv. / (TMSA 12427 [EY 583B]), same data, except ‘‘ 5.vi.1975 ’’, 1/ (TMSA 12429 [EY 586E]), 1 subad.? (TMSA 12430 [EY 586E]); 46 km E Namib­Naukuft Park gate on Us Pass road, 238039S 158589E, 2.iii.1974, S. Endrödy­Younga, pitfall trap, 1 subad.? (TMSA 12428 [EY 719]), same data, except ‘‘ 3.vi.1975 ’’, 1 subad.? 2 juv. / (TMSA 12459 [EY 857G]), same data, except ‘‘ 5.vi.1975 ’’, 1 subad.? (TMSA 12431 [EY 857]), 1 subad. / (TMSA 12432 [EY 857]), 1 subad. / (TMSA 12433 [EY 857]); Top of Us Pass, 238039S 158589E, 7.vii.1978, S. Endrödy­Younga, pitfall trap, 1/ (TMSA 12217 [EY 1474]), 4 subad.? (TMSA 12213–12216 [EY 1474]); Daan Viljoen [Game Reserve], near Windhoek [228329S 168589E], 12.xii.1978, A. Harington, under a very large stone, 1 juv. / (AMNH [AH 833]); Farm Portsmut 33, Hakos Mountains, 238119S 168249E, 7.ii.1969, B. Lamoral &amp; R. Day, 2? 1 subad. / (NMSA 10035 [B.6773]); Farm Voigtland a. d. Bismarck­ Bergen (38 km E Windhoek) [228359S 178209E], 16–19.v.1911, W. Michaelsen, 1/ 1 juv.? (ZMUH); Goreangab Dam, Windhoek, 228329S 178029E, 19.xii.1973, State Museum staff (C.G. Coetzee, M.­L. Penrith, J. Buys, E. Marais, &amp; S. Oosthuizen), 1/ (NMNW 503 [old 63]); Windhoek, Eros Mt. [228349S 178069E], 2.xii.1974, S. Endrödy­ Younga, 1/ (TMSA 20250), 1/ 1 subad.? (TMSA 20251), 11.xi.1974, S. Endrödy­ Younga, 1? 1/ (TMSA 21629); Windhoek [228349S 178059E], 29.iv–8.v.1911, W. Michaelsen, 1/ (ZMUH). Kunene Region: Khorixas District: Farm Annabis 677, 208009S 148389E, 23–24.ii.1969, B. Lamoral &amp; R. Day, 1/ (NMSA 10032); Farm Vrede 719, 208239S 148149E, 31.iii.1976, B. Lamoral &amp; L. Ferguson, on surface near rocky and sandy marginal area south of road at night, 1/ (NMSA 10885); 2 km E Khorixas [208229S 148599E], 19.iv.1980, L. Harington, drowned in water trough, 1/ (AMNH [AH 1448]); Farm Welbedaght 584 [Welbedacht 394], near Khorixas [208319S 148559E], 20.iv.1980, A. Harington, under an irregular rock on a fairly steep, extremely rocky hillside, sparse grass, 1/ (AMNH [AH 1345]); Hobatere Lodge, Farm Marenphil 641, 198209S 148239E, 19–20.i.1998, L. Prendini &amp; E. Scott, 1050 m, granitic hills and sandy loam flats near camp, UV detection at night, 3? (AMNH); Palm, 198579S 138599E, 21.i.1998, L. Prendini &amp; E. Scott, 1000 m, dolerite rocky flats, loam soil, UV detection at night, 1? (AMNH). Opuwo District: Anabib (Orupembe) [188119S 128319E], 100 mi W Ohopoho, 4 mi SW of waterhole, 8.vi.1951, P. &amp; G. Brinck, G. &amp; I. Rudebeck, on plain covered by dry vegetation, under stones, 1? 1/ (ZMLU L51 /4288), 1? (ZMLU L51 /4287 [old 1525]); between Anabib [Orupembe, 188119S 128319E] and Omutati [Okomutati, 188159S 138059E], 6.vi.1951, P. &amp; G. Brinck, G. &amp; I. Rudebeck, on dry hill side with scattered mopane bushes, 1? (ZMLU L51 /4286 [old 1527]); Orumana [188159S 138549E], 10.ii.1975, 1 subad.? (NMNW 593); Sesfontein, 10 km W of clinic, 198079S 138369E, 4.iv.1976, B. Lamoral &amp; L. Ferguson, on gritty and stoney ground at night, 7/ [2 missing] 1 subad. / (NMSA 10886); Sima Hill, 3 km NW [198119S 138039E], 1.iv–30.vi.1985, pitfall trap, 1? 1/ (NMNW 1164); Sima Hill, 4 km W [198119S 138039E], 1.iv–30.vi.1985, pitfall trap, 2/ (NMNW 1158). Outjo District: Tandala Ridge, Farm Windpoort 428 [19821.4899S 15829.0289E], 15.xii.1999, T. O. Osborne, dolomite ridge, syntopic with O. carinatus, 1/ (NMNW 2674 [old 2125]), same data, except ‘‘ ii.2000 ’’, 1 subad. / (NMNW 2675 [old 2144]). Etosha National Park: Helio, 198039S 168299E, 14.ii– 23.iii.1987, E. Griffin, preservative pitfall traps, 2? 2/ 1 subad.? 3 subad. / 1 juv.? 5 juv. / (NMNW 999), same data, except ‘‘ 27.iii–4.v.1988 ’’, 1/ 1 juv. / (NMNW 1091); Karossfontein, 198219S 148319E, 9.ii– 20.iii.1987, E. Griffin, preservative pitfall traps, 1? 1/ (NMNW 984); Olifantsrus, 188589S 148519E, 8.vi–8.vii.1987, E. Griffin, in reptile trap, 1 specimen [not examined] (NMNW 1204); Ondundozonananandana Mts, 198159S 158439E, 10.x–30.xi.1986, E. Griffin, preservative pitfall traps, 3 specimens [not examined] (NMNW 961).</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION: Lisposoma elegans is now known from 46 localities, falling within 39 quarter­degree squares (QDS), in the Kunene Region (Khorixas, Opuwo, and Outjo districts), Khomas Region (Windhoek District), and Erongo Region (Karibib, Omaruru, and Swakopmund districts) of central and northwestern Namibia (fig. 9). The species has been recorded within four protected areas: Brandberg National Monument, Daan Viljoen Game Reserve, Etosha National Park, and Namib­Naukluft Park. Although it was previously recorded at the base of the Brandberg (Prendini, 2003b), the present study provides the first records from the summit of the massif, which also represents the highest record for the species (1830 m; the lowest record is 360 m).</p> <p>NATURAL HISTORY: As with most other specimens of L. elegans, the new specimens were collected in pitfall traps or by means of UV light detection at night. All specimens were collected in stony areas with hard, gritty substrata (fig. 3) and no additional evidence contradicts the opinion that the species is lapidicolous and not fossorial (Prendini, 2001, 2003b).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A215CFF80FF8EFFD6FD2BD758FDD1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	PRENDINI, LORENZO	PRENDINI, LORENZO (2005): New Records and Observations on the Natural History of Lisposoma elegans and L. josehermana (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae). American Museum Novitates 3487: 1-12, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)487[0001:NRAOOT]2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282005%29487%5B0001%3ANRAOOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2
039A215CFF85FF80FF32FD76D47CFD69.text	039A215CFF85FF80FF32FD76D47CFD69.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lisposoma josehermana Lamoral 1979	<div><p>Lisposoma josehermana Lamoral, 1979</p> <p>Lisposoma josehermana Lamoral, 1979: 665–668, fig. 327, 328, 331–340.</p> <p>Lisposoma josehermana: Francke, 1982: 36; Kovařík, 1998: 101; Prendini, 2000: 40, table 3, figs. 2, 6, 8A; Fet et al., 2004: 195–207, table I, II, figs. 2, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 20; Acosta and Fet, 2005: 4.</p> <p>Lisposoma joseehermanorum: Lowe and Fet, 2000: 34; Prendini, 2001: 137; Prendini, 2003a: figs. 2 –4, appendix 1; Prendini, 2003b: 247, 257–262, figs. 1, 2, 18–34, table 2; Prendini, 2005a: 45, 51, 70 (appendix 1).</p> <p>NOMENCLATURE: Following Acosta and Fet (2005), Lamoral’s (1979) original specific epithet, josehermana, is used, rather than Lowe and Fet’s (2000) unjustified emendation, subsequently cited by Prendini (2001, 2003a, 2003b, 2005a).</p> <p>TYPE MATERIAL: NAMIBIA: Oshikoto Region: Tsumeb District: Holotype? (NMSA 10697 [Type No. 2223]), Farm Elandshoek 771, 198269S 178429E, Otavi Highlands, 8.iii.1969, B. Lamoral &amp; R. Day. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1 subad.? (NMNW 765 ex NMSA 11110), 2 juv.? (NMSA 11110 [Type No. 2224]). Otjozondjupa Region: Grootfontein District: Märchenhöhle, Farm Uisib 427, 19 8329S 178149E, 13.ii.1977, P. von Wrede, found in cave, 1 subad. / (NMSA 11388 [Type No. 2297]); same data, except ‘‘ 7.viii.1977 ’’, 1/ (NMSA 11389 [Type No. 2298]); Kempten (Höhle) [198339S 178149E, Farm Uisib 427], 6.viii.1977, P. von Wrede, ges. im Lehm Canon (found in cave), 1 subad.? (NMSA 11390 [Type No. 2299]).</p> <p>ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: NAMIBIA: Oshikoto Region: Tsumeb District: Farm Elandshoek 771, ca. 10 km SW Tsumeb, Otavi Highlands [198269S 178429E], 25.iv.1980, A. Harington, under ill fitting stones on S slope of hillside, no burrows or scrapes, leaf littered, 1/ 1 juv. / (AMNH), 1 subad.? (AMNH [AH 1342]), 1 subad. / (AMNH [AH 1344]), 1 juv.? (AMNH [AH 1343]); Elandshoek, Tsumeb, 198149S 178439E, 1– 16.iv.1984, J. Visser, 1? (SAMC C4333 [JV 3207]), 1/ (SAMC C4331 [JV 3157]), 1/ (SAMC C4332 [JV 3208]); Farm Varianto on Elandshoek 771, 19822.7739S 17844.4569E, 4.i.2004, L. Prendini, E. Scott, T. &amp; C. Bird, Q. &amp; N. Martins, collected with UV light on warm, still, very humid night after rain, completely overcast with slight, occasional drizzle, walking or sitting on rocks and rockfaces, on the ground, or in crevices (two pairs in copula), on and at the base of rocky dolomite slopes (especially S­ and E­facing) in dense broadleaf woodland with Burkea, Dichrostachys, Commiphora, Terminalia, 1500 m, syntopic with Parabuthus kraepelini Werner, 1902, U. planimanus, Hadogenes hahni (Peters, 1862), and O. carinatus, 16? 54/ (AMNH), 5? 9/ 6 subad.? 1 subad. / (NMNW 2677), 7 juv.? 4 juv. / (AMCC 138989). Otjozondjupa Region: Grootfontein District: Märchenhöhle [198329S 178149E], 30.viii.1990, E. Marais, 1/ (NMNW 1352), 30.viii.1990 – 7.iv.1991, E. Marais, preservative pitfall trap, 1/ (NMNW 1622); Farm Uisib 427, 15 km NW of Otavi, on slopes and near base of mountain, 19833.1329S 17814.1249E, 2.i.2004, L. Prendini, E. Scott, T. &amp; C. Bird, Q. &amp; N. Martins, collected from under stones, often in dense leaf litter, during the day, and with UV light on warm, humid night, last quarter moon, sitting or walking on rock faces and rock crevices, mostly at the base of a rocky dolomite slope in dense broadleaf thicket with Dichrostachys, Spirostachys, and Sclerocarya, 1293 m, sympatric with P. kraepelini, U. otjimbinguensis (in trees), H. hahni, O. carinatus, and Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi Hewitt, 1935,? 7/ 5 subad.? 5 subad. / (AMNH), 6 subad.? 4 subad. / (NMNW 2676), 6 juv.? 4 juv. / (AMCC 138988), near farmhouse, 19833.1139S 17813.0879E, 3.i.2004, L. Prendini, E. Scott, T. &amp; C. Bird, Q. &amp; N. Martins, under calcrete stone on open sandy plain, sympatric with P. brevimanus, P. kraepelini, O. carinatus, and O. fitzsimonsi, 1343 m, 1 juv. / (AMNH); Tsumeb, 27 mi SE [198279S 188029E], 19– 20.xii.1966, E.S. Ross &amp; K. Lorenzen, 1400 m, 1? 2/ (CASC). Otjiwarongo District: Waterberg, 15 mi NE [208159S 178309E], 21.xii.1966, E.S. Ross &amp; K. Lorenzen, 1470 m, 1/ (CASC). Waterberg Plateau Park: Bernabé de la Bat Rest Camp, below cliff face, 20830.8039S 17814.7539E, 1.i.2004, L. Prendini, E. Scott, Q. &amp; N. Martins, collected with UV light on warm, still, humid night, half moon obscured by clouds (partly overcast), on SE slope of Waterberg, in fairly dense broadleaf woodland with Acacia, Aloe, Dicrostachys, especially just below cliff face, specimen sitting on ground between stones, midway upslope, 1440 m, sympatric with U. otjimbinguensis (in trees), U. planimanus, H. hahni, and O. carinatus, 1? (AMNH); Waterberg Plateau, on top [208259S 178159E], ii– iii.1990, W. Versfeld, 1/ (NMNW 2223).</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION: Lisposoma josehermana is now known from 10 localities, falling within six QDS, in the Oshikoto Region (Tsumeb District) and the Otjozondjupa Region (Grootfontein and Otjiwarongo districts) of northeastern Namibia (fig. 9). It is recorded, for the first time, from the Waterberg Plateau and at least one specimen has been collected from within the borders of the Waterberg Plateau Park. The new record from Bernabé de la Bat Rest Camp is the southernmost record and a range extension for the species.</p> <p>NATURAL HISTORY: All newly collected specimens of L. josehermana were found on and particularly at the base of steep, rocky slopes or cliff faces, in dense broadleaf woodland or thicket habitats supporting a fairly lush undergrowth of grasses and herbs (figs. 4, 5). Although they occur at similar elevations, the Mountain Savanna and Karstveld (Giess, 1971) habitats at the two localities in the Otavi Highlands (Uisib and Varianto), where most of the specimens were collected, were noticeably more mesic than the Tree Savanna and Woodland (Giess, 1971) habitat at the Waterberg, where only a single, much smaller adult male was collect­ ed. The geology of the two mountain ranges is also quite different: The Otavi Highlands are composed of limestone and dolomite, which is more porous than the sandstone that makes up the caprock of the Waterberg.</p> <p>At Uisib, several specimens were taken from under stones during diurnal searches. In all cases, the stones under which specimens were found, were situated in the shade of large trees and usually also close to large rock outcrops (figs. 6, 7). Many of these stones contained a moderately to well­developed layer of damp humus underneath; specimens were typically found sitting on or in the humus layer. Several adult specimens were collected under large stones, embedded in a dense layer of litter, in the shade of a large Ficus tree near the entrance to Märchenhöhle (a vertical cave). The cave was entered and inspected but no specimens were collected inside it. Previous records of the species in the Märchenhöhle and nearby Kemptehöhle (Lamoral, 1979; J. Irish, personal commun.) must represent facultative occurrences; the species exhibits no obvious troglomorphies. No specimens were collect­ ed in burrows, contrary to the claims of Lamoral (1979: 668).</p> <p>Most of the specimens collected at Uisib, as well as all the specimens collected at Varianto and the Waterberg, were captured on still, moonless nights with the aid of UV light detection (fig. 2). The greatest number of specimens were collected on two very humid nights (2 and 4 January, 2004), following convectional thunderstorms that occurred in the late afternoon. Many of these were sitting or walking on large rocks, boulders, or vertical rockfaces in the shade of large trees, but several were observed retreating into large crevices in rock outcrops (fig. 8), some of which were also inhabited by the liochelid, Hadogenes hahni (Prendini, 2005b). At Varianto, two pairs of L. josehermana were observed copulating on these rock faces and it seems probable that the specimens in question inhabited these crevices during the daytime. At Uisib, a large male (figs. 1, 2) was found under a large slab of rock resting on top of a rock outcrop, a microhabitat also typically occupied by liochelid scorpions such as H. hahni. These observations provide behavioral evidence for the suggestion, based on ecomorphology, that L. josehermana is lapidicolous and not fossorial (Prendini, 2003b). Indeed, the species may even be considered a facultative lithophile (Prendini, 2001).</p> <p>Besides H. hahni, L. josehermana was syntopic with the buthids Uroplectes otjimbinguensis and U. planimanus and the scorpionid Opistophthalmus carinatus at the Waterberg. In the Otavi Highlands, L. josehermana was recorded in sympatry with these species, and also with the buthids Parabuthus brevimanus and P. kraepelini and the scorpionid Opistophthalmus fitzsimonsi. However, it was syntopic only with H. hahni, U. planimanus, and O. carinatus. Uroplectes otjimbinguensis was found exclusively in bushes and trees, whereas O. fitzsimonsi and the Parabuthus species were collected in more exposed, open sandy areas.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A215CFF85FF80FF32FD76D47CFD69	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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