Pupoides calaharicus

55. Pupoides calaharicus (O. Boettger, 1886) Distribution and year: Dekar 1961 (van Bruggen 1963); Koanaka Hills 1965 (van Bruggen 1966 a); Aha Hills 1965 (van Bruggen 1966 a), Dobe 1965 (van Bruggen 1966 a); Francistown 2016 (GBIF 2023 b). Geographic range: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Habitat: Terrestrial. Notes: The species occurs in the arid regions of the Kalahari towards the subtropical regions of Mozambique and to the Eastern Cape in South Africa (Herbert & Kilburn 2004). The molluscs prefer sheltered habitats under logs and rocks. Some authors treated P. minusculus and P. calaharicus as different species (Connolly 1912; van Bruggen 1966 a). Type locality: “ Ghous in the Southern Kalahari ”, South Africa (Boettger 1886). Sources: Connolly (1912: 177, as Leucochiloides minusculus, a fossil record; 1939: 395); van Bruggen (1963: 262, as Pupoides minusculus; 1966 a: 104); Herbert & Kilburn (2004: 105); Govender (2007: 150); GBIF (2023 b). Conservation status: Not Evaluated.