Buthus australis (Linnaeus)
Synonymy.—Androctonus australis [Crabill, personal communication, 1957].
Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, England (Cloudsley-Thompson, 1955a): This African species ate at least one cockroach per week during the summer months. It can, however, survive four months' starvation and is particularly adapted to a dry climate (Cloudsley-Thompson, personal communication, 1956).