MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 103101

Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1922-11-22

Africa: Cameroon | Cameroons

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:103101 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Heterometrus spinifer (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Scorpiones Scorpionidae
Determiner: Lorenzo Prendini
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: det. date 1998
Previous Identification
Pandinus imperator (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Scorpiones Scorpionidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]

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  • " drawn by John Singer Sargent. 22 November, 1922 "

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Cameroon
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000153 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cameroons
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cameroons
  • Locality Remarks:
  • This species is not found in Cameroon. Possible mislabeling for Malaysia locality ( student remark)
  • Georeference:
  • 6.00000000°, 12.0000000° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1922-11-22
  • Verbatim Date:
  • No Verbatim Date
  • Collector:
  • George W. Schwablinked data icon

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  • [Masked]

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