Species Geogarypus rhantus Harvey, 1981
- Geogarypus (Geogarypus) rhantus Harvey, M.S. 1981. Geogarypus rhantus sp. nov. (Pseudoscorpionida: Garypidae: Geogarypinae); a generic addition to the Australian fauna. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 279-283 [279].
Type data:
Holotype QM S352 ♂ (on slide), base of Lamond Hill, Queensland, Australia.
Paratype(s) QM S353, S660–667 5♂ 1♀, 3 tritonymphs (on slides), summit of Lamond Hill, Queensland, Australia; QM S652-659 1♂ 3♀, 4 tritonymphs (on slides), base of Lamond Hill, Queensland, Australia; QM S351, S647-651 1♂ 2♀, 3 tritonymphs (on slides), Mt Cook, Queensland, Australia; QM S350 1♂, Home Rule (near Helenvale), Queensland, Australia.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, litter, predator, terrestrial.
General References
Harvey, M.S. 1986. The Australian Geogarypidae, new status, with a review of the generic classification (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 753-778 [761] (redescription, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 31-Oct-2012 | 31-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |