Species Hormurus karschii Keyserling, 1885

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Species Hormurus karschii Keyserling, 1885

Hormurus karschii Keyserling, E. 1885. Ordo Scorpiones. pp. 1-39 in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. (eds). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [31].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB ♂, New Guinea.
Hormurus karschii keyensis Kraepelin, K. 1914. Die Skorpione und Pedipalpen von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. pp. 327-337 in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia, Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidals Verlag Vol. 1. [331].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ZMH 2 specimens, Key Islands;
Status unknown, Key Islands,.
Hormurus papuanus Kraepelin, K. 1914. Die Skorpione und Pedipalpen von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. pp. 327-337 in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia, Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidals Verlag Vol. 1. [333].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown number of specimens unknown, New Guinea; Neu-Pommern, Papua New Guinea; Wammer Island, Aru Islands.

Generic Combinations

Hormurus karschii Keyserling, 1885. —
Monod, l. 2011. The Liochelidae Fet & Bechly, 2001 (Scorpiones) of the Indo-Pacific region: systematics and biogeography. Ph.D. thesis, City University of New York, 2 volumes. 848 pp.
Liocheles karschii (Keyserling, 1885).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, saxicoline, terrestrial, tropical.

General References

Seymour, J., Volschenk, E. & Scott, B. 1995. Record of the scorpion Liocheles karschii (Keyserling, 1855) [sic] from north Queensland (Scorpionida: Ischnuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38: 532 [532] (distribution)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2015	SCORPIONOIDEA	04-Sep-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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