Species Conicochernes brevispinosus (L. Koch & Keyserling, 1885)

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Species Conicochernes brevispinosus (L. Koch & Keyserling, 1885)

Chelifer brevispinosus Koch, L. & Keyerling, E. 1885. Ordo Chelonethi. pp. 44-51 in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. (eds). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [46].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1891.8.1.1085–6 1♂ 1♀ (in alcohol), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; BMNH 1913.9.1.220–237 16 adults (in alcohol), Peak Downs (as Peack Downs), Queensland, Australia.
Chelifer keyserlingi With, C.J. 1907. On some new species of Cheliferidae, Hans., and Garypidae, Hans., in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 30: 49-85 [53].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1879.55 ♀ (in alcohol), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Chelifer (Lamprochernes) silvestrii Beier, M. 1930. Alcuni pseudoscorpioni esotici raccolti dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 23: 197-209 [198].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 1 adult, 1 semiadult (probably in Silvestri's collection), Mt Lofty, South Australia, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Beier, M. 1948. Über Pseudoscorpione der australischen region. Environmental Entomology 24: 525-562 [533]

Distribution

States

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

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

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, terrestrial, under bark.

General References

Beier, M. 1948. Über Pseudoscorpione der australischen region. Environmental Entomology 24: 525-562 [533] (redescription, distribution)

Beier, M. 1966. On the Pseudoscorpionidea of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 275-303 [297] (distribution)

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)
31-Oct-2012		31-Oct-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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