Species Cercophonius michaelseni Kraepelin, 1908

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cercophonius michaelseni Kraepelin, K. 1908. Scorpiones. pp. 87-104 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2. [102].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH ♀, Boorabbin, Western Australia, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMH 1 juvenile, Boorabbin, Western Australia, Australia; ZMB 15396 1♀, Boorabbin, Western Australia, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Acosta, L.E. 1990. El genero Cercophonius Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 61: 7-27.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Acosta, L.E. 1990. El genero Cercophonius Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 61: 7-27 [14] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2015	SCORPIONES	24-Sep-2021	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)