• Hormurus Thorell, T. 1876. On the classification of scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 17: 1-15 [14] [reinstated for Australian species by Monod (2011)].

  Type species:

   Ischnurus caudicula L. Koch, 1867 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Hormurus ischnoryctes Monod, L. & Prendini, L. in Monod, L., Harvey, M.S. & Prendini, L. 2013. Stenotopic Hormurus Thorell, 1876 scorpions from the monsoon ecosystems of northern Australia, with a discussion on the evolution of burrowing behaviour in Hormuridae Laurie, 1896. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 120(2): 281-346 [301].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Australia, Queensland, Mount Mulligan cattle station [16º50'S 144º50'E].
  Paratype(s) QM 2♂ 7♀ 10 immatures.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Hormurus karschii Keyserling, E. 1885. Ordo Scorpiones. pp. 1-39 in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. (eds). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♂, New Guinea.
• Hormurus karschii keyensis Kraepelin, K. 1914. Die Skorpione und Pedipalpen von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. pp. 327-337 in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia, Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidals Verlag Vol. 1. [331].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH 2 specimens, Key Islands;
  Status unknown, Key Islands,.
• Hormurus papuanus Kraepelin, K. 1914. Die Skorpione und Pedipalpen von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. pp. 327-337 in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia, Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidals Verlag Vol. 1. [333].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown number of specimens unknown, New Guinea; Neu-Pommern, Papua New Guinea; Wammer Island, Aru Islands.

Generic Combinations

• Hormurus karschii Keyserling, 1885. —
  Monod, l. 2011. The Liochelidae Fet & Bechly, 2001 (Scorpiones) of the Indo-Pacific region: systematics and biogeography. Ph.D. thesis, City University of New York, 2 volumes. 848 pp.
• Liocheles karschii (Keyserling, 1885).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, saxicoline, terrestrial, tropical.

General References

Seymour, J., Volschenk, E. & Scott, B. 1995. Record of the scorpion Liocheles karschii (Keyserling, 1855) [sic] from north Queensland (Scorpionida: Ischnuridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38: 532 [532] (distribution)

History of changes

• Liocheles longimanus Locket, N.A. 1995. A new ischnurid scorpion from the Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 191-198 [192] [junior homonym of Hormurus australasiae longimanus Werner, 1939, reinstated in Homarus by Monod et al. (2013)].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM ♂, Oenpelli Cave, Northern Territory, Australia [12°32.5'S 133°03.5'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM 1♂, Kakadu National Park, 13°15.80'S, 139°39.0'E, Northern Territory, Australia.
• Liocheles extensa Locket, N.A. 1997. Liocheles extensa, a replacement name for Liocheles longimanus Locket, 1995 (Scorpiones: Ischnuridae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 331 [331] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Liocheles longimanus Locket, 1995, since longimanus is reinstated in Homarus].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Pine Creek (PCK)

General References

Monod, L., Harvey, M.S. & Prendini, L. 2013. Stenotopic Hormurus Thorell, 1876 scorpions from the monsoon ecosystems of northern Australia, with a discussion on the evolution of burrowing behaviour in Hormuridae Laurie, 1896. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 120(2): 281-346 (reinstated Homanus longimanus as valid name, redescription)

History of changes

• Hormurus macrochela Monod, L. in Monod, L., Harvey, M.S. & Prendini, L. 2013. Stenotopic Hormurus Thorell, 1876 scorpions from the monsoon ecosystems of northern Australia, with a discussion on the evolution of burrowing behaviour in Hormuridae Laurie, 1896. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 120(2): 281-346 [314].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S59212 ♂, Australia, Queensland, Palm island, site 4 [18º40'S, 146º40'E].
  Paratype(s) QM 1♂ 1♀ 1 immauture, all Palm Island sites.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

History of changes

• Hormurus ochyroscapter Monod, L. in Monod, L., Harvey, M.S. & Prendini, L. 2013. Stenotopic Hormurus Thorell, 1876 scorpions from the monsoon ecosystems of northern Australia, with a discussion on the evolution of burrowing behaviour in Hormuridae Laurie, 1896. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 120(2): 281-346 [327].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S17072 ♂, Australia, Queensland, Reedybrook [18º45'S, 144º38'E].
  Paratype(s) QM 1♂ 2 immatures, same data as holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

History of changes

• Liocheles polisorum Volschenk, E.S., Locket, N.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2001. Liocheles polisorum n. sp., first record of a troglobitic ischnurid scorpion from Australasia (Scorpiones: Ischnuridae). In, Fet, V. & Seldon, V.A. (eds). Scorpions 2001. In Memorium of Gary A. Polis. Burnhem Beeches, Bucks : British Arachnological Society pp. [163].

Generic Combinations

• Hormurus polisorum (Volschenk, Locket & Harvey, 2001). —
  Monod, l. 2011. The Liochelidae Fet & Bechly, 2001 (Scorpiones) of the Indo-Pacific region: systematics and biogeography. Ph.D. thesis, City University of New York, 2 volumes. 848 pp.

Distribution

Distribution References

History of changes

• Scorpio (Ischnurus) waigiensis 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 [237].
• Ischnurus caudicula Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250 [237].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH unknown sex, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
• Ischnurus neocaledonicus Simon, E. 1877. Arachnides nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 7: 225-242 [237].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP unknown number of specimens, New Caledonia;
  Status unknown.
• Ischnurus dechangei Becker, L. 1880. Études sur les scorpions (premier article). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 24: 134-145 [143].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RIB unknown number of specimens, Manilla, Luzon, Philippines;
  Status unknown.
• Hormurus insculptus Thorell, T. 1888. Pedipalpi e Scorpioni dell'Arcipelago Malese conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 6: 327-428 [422].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 2♀, "Andai Novae Guineae".
• Hormurus weberi Pocock, R.I. 1893. Scorpions from the Malay Archipelago. pp. 84-99 in Max Webber (ed.). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Leiden : Publisher unknown Vol. 2. [97].
• Hormurus sarasini Kraepelin, K. 1914. Die Skorpione und Pedipalpen von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. pp. 327-337 in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia, Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidals Verlag Vol. 1. [332].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown unknown number of specimens, New Caledonia.
• Hormurus caudicula novaeguineae Giltay, L. 1931. Scorpions et Pédipalpes. In, Résultats Scientifiques du voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. de Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3(6): 1-28 [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB juvenile♂, Sakoemi, West Papua, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Thorell, T. 1877. Études scorpiologiques. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 19: 75-272 [250] (synonymy of Ischnurus caudicula with Scorpio waigiensis)

Generic Combinations

• Liocheles waigiensis (Gervais, 1844). —
  Monod, l. 2011. The Liochelidae Fet & Bechly, 2001 (Scorpiones) of the Indo-Pacific region: systematics and biogeography. Ph.D. thesis, City University of New York, 2 volumes. 848 pp.
• Hormurus waigiensis (Gervais, 1844).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, saxicoline, terrestrial, tropical.

History of changes