Species Ephippiochthonius tetrachelatus (Preyssler, 1790)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scorpio tetrachelatus Preyssler, J.D. 1790. Verzeichniss Böhmischer Insekten. Prague. [56].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Bohemia, Czech Republic.
• Chthonius maculatus Menge, A. 1855. Ueber die Scheerenspinnen, Chernetidae. Neueste Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig 5(2): 1-43 [23].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown unknown number of specimens, Bischofsberge, Germany.
• Chthonius longipalpis Banks, N. 1891. Notes on North American Chernetidae. The Canadian Entomologist 23: 161-166 [164].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MCZ unknown number of specimens, Long Island, New York, United States of America; MCZ unknown number of specimens, Ithaca, New York, United States of America; MCZ unknown number of specimens, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.

 

Generic Combinations

• Chthonius tetrachelatus (Preyssler, 1790).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from probably Europe***.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1987. The occurrence in Australia of Chthonius tetrachelatus (Preyssler) (Pseudoscorpionida:Chthoniidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 13: 68-70 [68] (first Australian record)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Nov-2019	Chthoniinae Daday, 1888	15-Oct-2019	MODIFIED
31-Oct-2012		31-Oct-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)