Species Austrochthonius muchmorei Harvey & Mould, 2006

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• Austrochthonius muchmorei 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 [209] [nom. nov. for Sathrochthonius tullgreni Chamberlin, 1962].
• Chthonius caecus Tullgren, A. 1909. Chelonethi. pp. 411-415 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2. [414] [junior homonym of Chthonius coecus Packard, 1884; the male holotype has been lost, see Weidner, H. 1959. Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. I. Teil. Pararthropoda und Chelicerata I. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 57: 89–142 and the original description is insufficient to recognise the species or the genus to which it belongs].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH ♂ (lost), Brunswick Junction, Western Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Weidner, H. 1959. Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. I. Teil. Pararthropoda und Chelicerata I. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 57: 89-142.
• Sathrochthonius tullgreni Chamberlin, J.C. 1962. New and little-known false scorpions, principally from caves, belonging to the families Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae (Arachnida, Chelonethida). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 123: 303-352 [306] [nom. nov. for Chthonius caecus Tullgren, 1909].

  Type data:

   Holotype.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

General References

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 [209] (taxonomic placement revised)

 

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)