4.25 SCORPION ENDEMISM

Data ID

Description:

Endemism of scorpions in Namibia

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

File name:

Scorpion endemism

File type:

ArcView shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

scorpion

endemism

Notes on data, analysis and

Eryn Griffin provided sketch maps showing the distribution of each species, based on all records available to him and his

compilation:

knowledge of habitat preferences. These were synthesised to generate estimated numbers of species per quarter degree

(approx 27 x 27 km). A grid file (at 5km cell size) was created from point data (i.e.centroids of QDS) using a kriging

interpolator. The shapefile was created from the grid file once suitable class intervals were identified. 14 species of

scorpions are considered to be endemic to Namibia (with 100% of their range in Namibia): Hottentota conspersus,

Parabuthus brachystylus, Parabuthus gracilis, Parabuthus kraepelini, Parabuthus namibensis, Parabuthus stridulus,

Uroplectes longimanus, Uroplectes otjimbinguensis, Uroplectes pilosus, Uroplectes teretipes, Hadogenes lawrencei,

Lisposoma elegans, Lisposoma josehermana, Opisthophthalmus adustus, Opisthophthalmus brevicauda,

Opisthophthalmus cavimanus, Opisthophthalmus chrysites, Opisthophthalmus coetzeei, Opisthophthalmus flavescens,

Opisthophthalmus holmi, Opisthophthalmus intercedens, Opisthophthalmus jenseni, Opisthophthalmus opinatus, Opisthophthalmus

penrithorum, Opisthophthalmus pygmaeus, Opisthophthalmus schultzei, Opisthophthalmus setifrons

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

original data collected at quarter degree square (approx 27 x 27 km) resolution or better

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

NO_SPECIES

Number of endemic species, 6 range classes from 0 to 9 - 11

RANK	rank of 0 to 6 representing zero to high endemism

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Eryn Griffin

Online/Offline Address:

National Museum of Namibia, Private Bag 13186, Windhoek

Tel: 2934437

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted