|
Burrowing Scorpion
''Opistophthalmus'' is a genus of scorpions known commonly as burrowing scorpions, tricolored scorpions, serkets, or hissing scorpions. They are found predominantly in southern Africa. They are known for making deep and elaborate burrows. Description ''Opistophthalmus'' scorpions are typically heavily built for scorpions, and have broad, powerful claws ( chelae). They vary in color from yellow through brown to black, usually with darker or lighter areas. The leg color is typically much lighter than the rest of the body. File:O. pallipes female(left) and male(right).jpg, ''O. pallipes'' female (left) and male (right) Species Sources disagree on how many species are within the genus, but they number around 60: *'' Opistophthalmus adustus'' (Kraepelin,2898) *'' Opistophthalmus ammopus'' (Lamoral, 1980) *'' Opistophthalmus ater'' (Purcell, 1898) *'' Opistophthalmus austerus'' (Karsch, 1879) *'' Opistophthalmus boehmi'' (Kraepelin, 1896) *'' Opistophthalmus brevicauda'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ludwig Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water and forests. His principal work ''Die Arachniden'' (1831–1848) (16 volumes) was commenced by Carl Wilhelm Hahn Carl Wilhelm Hahn (Lat. ''Carolus Guilielmus Hahn'', 16 December 1786 – 7 November 1835) was a German zoologist and author of the first German monograph on spiders. C. W. Hahn was an all-round natural scientist – not at all unusual for his t ... (1786–1836). Koch was responsible for the last 12 volumes. He also finished the chapter on spiders in ''Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten'' lements of the insect fauna of Germanya work by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829). He also co-authored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he greatly increased the Berlin Museum's herp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opistophthalmus Gigas
''Opistophthalmus'' is a genus of scorpions known commonly as burrowing scorpions, tricolored scorpions, serkets, or hissing scorpions. They are found predominantly in southern Africa. They are known for making deep and elaborate burrows. Description ''Opistophthalmus'' scorpions are typically heavily built for scorpions, and have broad, powerful claws ( chelae). They vary in color from yellow through brown to black, usually with darker or lighter areas. The leg color is typically much lighter than the rest of the body. File:O. pallipes female(left) and male(right).jpg, ''O. pallipes'' female (left) and male (right) Species Sources disagree on how many species are within the genus, but they number around 60: *'' Opistophthalmus adustus'' (Kraepelin,2898) *'' Opistophthalmus ammopus'' (Lamoral, 1980) *'' Opistophthalmus ater'' (Purcell, 1898) *'' Opistophthalmus austerus'' (Karsch, 1879) *'' Opistophthalmus boehmi'' (Kraepelin, 1896) *'' Opistophthalmus brevicauda'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frederick Purcell
William Frederick Purcell (18 September 1866 - 3 October 1919) was an English-born South African arachnologist and zoologist. He is regarded as being the founder of modern araneology in South Africa. Early life and education Purcell was born in London, England to Dr Walter P.J. Purcell of Waterford, Ireland, and his wife Sophia W.J. Hertzog of Cape Town. In 1868 the family moved to South Africa and settled in Cape Town. He spent most of his childhood on the farm Bergvliet, which was owned by his uncle W.F. Hertzog. From 1881, Purcell studied at South African College, Cape Town, matriculated through the University of the Cape of Good Hope (UCGH) in 1884 and received a BA (with Honours) in mathematics and natural science in 1887 from UCGH. In 1885 and 1887 he provided the South African Museum with samples of ''coleoptera'' obtained at Bergvliet and Prieska. Purcell continued his education in Germany with a focus on the internal structure of arachnids. In 1894 Friedrich-Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opistophthalmus Crassimanus
''Opistophthalmus'' is a genus of scorpions known commonly as burrowing scorpions, tricolored scorpions, serkets, or hissing scorpions. They are found predominantly in southern Africa. They are known for making deep and elaborate burrows. Description ''Opistophthalmus'' scorpions are typically heavily built for scorpions, and have broad, powerful claws ( chelae). They vary in color from yellow through brown to black, usually with darker or lighter areas. The leg color is typically much lighter than the rest of the body. File:O. pallipes female(left) and male(right).jpg, ''O. pallipes'' female (left) and male (right) Species Sources disagree on how many species are within the genus, but they number around 60: *'' Opistophthalmus adustus'' (Kraepelin,2898) *'' Opistophthalmus ammopus'' (Lamoral, 1980) *'' Opistophthalmus ater'' (Purcell, 1898) *'' Opistophthalmus austerus'' (Karsch, 1879) *'' Opistophthalmus boehmi'' (Kraepelin, 1896) *'' Opistophthalmus brevicauda'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
