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.