Species Urodacus armatus Pocock, 1888

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Species Urodacus armatus Pocock, 1888

Urodacus armatus Pocock, R.I. 1888. The species of the genus Urodacus contained in the collection of the British (Natural-History) Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 2: 169-175 [172].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia.
Urodacus woodwardii Pocock, R.I. 1893. Notes on the classification of scorpions, followed by some observations upon synonymy, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 12: 303-330 [323].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1892.6.12.2.3 ♀, Darling Ranges, Western Australia, Australia.
Urodacus granifrons Pocock, R.I. 1898. The Australian scorpions of the genus Urodacus, Pet. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 2: 59-67 [62].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Chapman River, 10 miles from Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Koch, L.E. 1977. The taxonomy, geographic distribution and evolutionary radiation of Australo-Papuan scorpions. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5: 83-367 [219] (synonymy of U. woodwardii and U. granifrons with U. armatus)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

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

NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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