Species Oratemnus punctatus (L. Koch & Keyserling, 1885)
- Chelifer punctatus Koch, L. & Keyerling, E. 1885. Ordo Chelonethi. pp. 44-51 in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. (eds). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [45].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1891.8.1.1076–1077 1♂ 1♀ (in alcohol), Gayndah, Queensland, Australia; BMNH 1913.9.1.352–356 5 adults (in alcohol), Gayndah, Queensland, Australia. - Chelifer brevidigitatus Koch, L. & Keyerling, E. 1885. Ordo Chelonethi. pp. 44-51 in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. (eds). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [48].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1913.9.1.218–219 2 specimens (in alcohol), Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Beier, M. 1932. Revision der Atemnidae (Pseudoscorpionidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 62: 547-610 [586] (redescription, as Anatemnus brevidigitatus)
- Beier, M. 1948. Über Pseudoscorpione der australischen region. Environmental Entomology 24: 525-562 [529]
- Beier, M. 1966. On the Pseudoscorpionidea of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 275-303 [296] (distribution)
- Beier, M. 1976. The pseudoscorpions of New Zealand, Norfolk and Lord Howe. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 3: 199-246 [213] (distribution)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Predator, terrestrial, under bark.
Extra Ecological Information
Also in litter and under stones.
General References
Beier, M. 1948. Über Pseudoscorpione der australischen region. Environmental Entomology 24: 525-562 (distribution, redescription)
Beier, M. 1966. On the Pseudoscorpionidea of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 275-303 (distribution)
Beier, M. 1969. Neue Pseudoskorpione aus Australien. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 73: 171-187 [Date published November 1969] (distribution)
Beier, M. 1975. Neue Pseudoskorpione aus Australien und Neu-Guinea. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 78: 203-213 [title page bears the date December 1974] [203] (distribution)
Beier, M. 1976. The pseudoscorpions of New Zealand, Norfolk and Lord Howe. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 3: 199-246 (distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 31-Oct-2012 | 15-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |