Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Missulena hoggi Womersley, 1943

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Species Missulena hoggi Womersley, 1943

  • Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 43/14 ♂ adult, Swan River, WA
    Comment: Hogg (1901) redescribed Eriodon incertum Cambridge, 1877 from a specimen in the BMNH. Womersley (1943) noted that this description did not agree with Cambridge's original description (Cambridge 1877) of E. incertum, but that it did agree with a second specimen referred to by Cambridge in the same paper. Womersley therefore proposed for this specimen the new name Missulena hoggi. He could not have seen Cambridge's and Hogg's specimen and gave a description based on another specimen (not specified). He listed five specimens in the WAM from WA localities, but did not state on which he based the description. Raven (1985) interpreted Hogg's (Cambridge's) specimen (which [he had] seen) as the holotype. F. Wanless (Curator at BMNH), at [Raven's] suggestion, [had] relocated and labelled the specimen as 'Probable Holotype' of M. hoggi Womersley, 1943.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Darling Ranges, parts of coastal plain, Rottnest Is., as far inland as about Kellerberrin.


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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Found in sandy and clay soils.

 

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)
15-Oct-2020 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)