Threatened or protected species - do not collect, transport, keep the following:
PROTECTED SPECIES:
INVERTEBRATA
Aloeides clarki - Coega Copper Butterfly
Ceratogyrus spp – All species -Horned Baboon Spiders
Chrysoritis aureus - Heidelberg Copper Butterfly
Dromica spp – All species - Tiger Beetles
Graphipterus ancora - Velvet Ground Beetle
Graphipterus assimilis - Velvet Ground Beetle
Graphipterus chaudoiri - Velvet Ground Beetle
Graphipterus cordiger - Velvet Ground Beetle
Hadogenes spp – All species - Lowveld Flat Rock Scorpions
Haliotis midae- Abalone
Harpactira spp – All species - Common Baboon Spiders
Ichnestoma spp – All species - Fruit Chafer Beetles
Iscadida spp – All species - Leaf Beetles
Jasus lalandii - Rock Lobster
Manticora spp – All species - Monster Tiger Beetles
Megacephala asperata - Tiger Beetle
Megacephala regalis - Tiger Beetle
Nigidius auriculatus - Stag Beetle
Oonotus adspersus
Oonotus interioris
Oonotus rex
Oonotus sericeus
Opisthacanthus asper - Yellow-legged Tree Scorpion
Opisthopthalmus spp – All species - Burrowing Scorpions
Platychile pallid - Tiger Beetle
Prosopocoilus petitclerci - Stag Beetle
Prothyma guttipennis - Tiger Beetle
Pterinochilus spp – All species - Golden Baboon Spiders
Trichocephala brincki - Fruit Chafer Beetle
Xiphodontus antilope - Stag Beetle
Xiphodontus spec. nov. - Stag Beetle
VULNERABLE SPECIES:
Peripatopsis alba
White Cave Velvet Worm
ENDANGERED SPECIES:
Colophon ssp – All Species - Stag Beetles
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES:
None
My observations :
Harpactirella (dwarf baboon spiders), Trap door spiders, other species of Opisthacanthus (besides O. asper) are NOT listed as TOPS.
This is quite possibly an old list, if someone has a revised list, please advise and I will update this post. I'm under the impression that Augacephalus species have been added to the protected list.
-=ICM=-