Species Cercophonius squama (Gervais, 1844)
- Scorpio (Telegonus) squama Gervais, P. 1844. Remarques sur la famille des scorpions et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de la collection du Muséum. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 4: 226-240 [227].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀ (lost), Tasmania (as 'Van Diemen'), Australia. - Acanthochirus testudinarius Peters, W. 1861. Eine neue Eintheilung der Skorpione und über die von ihm in Mossambique gesammelten Arten von Skorpionen, aus welchem hier Auszug mitgetheilt wird. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861: 507-516 [509].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMB 3♂, Tasmania, Australia (as 'Van Diemensland').
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Thorell, T. 1877. Études scorpiologiques. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 19: 75-272 [180] (synonymy of Acanthochirus testudinarius with Cercophonius squama)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
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 [13] (redescription)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |