Genus Austrochthonius Chamberlin, 1929

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• Austrochthonius Chamberlin, J.C. 1929. A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5: 1-48, 585-620 [68].

  Type species:

   Chthonius chilensis Chamberlin, 1923 by original designation.
• Paraustrochthonius Beier, M. 1931. Zur Kenntnis der Chthoniiden (Pseudoskorpione). Zoologischer Anzeiger 93: 49-56 [52].

  Type species:

   Paraustrochthonius tullgreni Beier, 1931 by original designation.
• Cecoditha Mello-Leitão, C. 1939. Pseudoscorpionidos de Argentina. Notas del Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires (Zoologia) 4: 115-122 [115].

  Type species:

   Cecoditha parva Mello-Leitão, 1939 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beier, M. 1976. The pseudoscorpions of New Zealand, Norfolk and Lord Howe. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 3: 199-246 [203] (synonymy of Paraustrochthonius with Austrochthonius)
• Judson, M.L.I. 2001. Synonymy of Cecoditha (Cecodithinae) with Austrochthonius (Chthoniinae) (Chelonethi, Chthoniidae). Journal of Arachnology 29: 141-145 [142] (synonymy of Cecoditha with Austrochthonius)
• Harvey, M.S. & Mould, L.G. 2006. A new troglomorphic species of Austrochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from Australia, with remarks on Chthonius caecus. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 205-211 (review of taxa)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Neotropical Region

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2012		31-Oct-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)