Species Equitius tambourineus (Roewer, 1921)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Jenolanicus tambourineus Roewer, C.F. 1921. Results of Dr E. Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 24. Australische Opiliones. Arkiv för Zoologi 13(18): 1-10 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH ♀, Mt Tamborine (as Mt Tambourine), Queensland, Australia.
• Equitius affinis Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Webernechte der Erde. Jena : Gustav Fischer pp. 1-1116. [607].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF ♂, Winton, Queensland, Australia.
• Rydrusa armata Roewer, C.F. 1931. Über Triaenonychiden. (VI. Ergänzung der "Weberknechte der Erde", 1923). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 138: 137-185 [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 1291/33 ♂ (not ♀ as stated by Roewer), Winton, Queensland, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hunt, G.S. 1985. Taxonomy and distribution of Equitius in eastern Australia (Opiliones: Laniatores: Triaenonychidae). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 107-125 [115] (synonymy of Equitius affinis and Rydrusa armata with Equitius tambourineus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Records from Winton, Queensland are probably in error (Hunt, 1985).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

General References

Forster, R.R. 1955. Further Australian harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 354-411 [392] (redescription and distribution)

Hunt, G.S. 1985. Taxonomy and distribution of Equitius in eastern Australia (Opiliones: Laniatores: Triaenonychidae). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 107-125 [115] (redescription and distribution)

Roewer, C.F. 1923. Die Webernechte der Erde. Jena : Gustav Fischer pp. 1-1116. [599] (redescription)

Roewer, C.F. 1931. Über Triaenonychiden. (VI. Ergänzung der "Weberknechte der Erde", 1923). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 138: 137-185 [154] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Dec-2010		21-Dec-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)