It is one of the smaller species of Parabuthus and has only recently been collected in Zimbabwe. It burrows into the sand dunes of the Kalahari sand system. It has never been found under rocks in sandy areas or in regions of hard gritty soils.
Parabuthus kuanyamarum
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