Species Phlogius crassipes (Koch, 1874)

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Species Phlogius crassipes (Koch, 1874)

Ischnocolus lucubrans Koch, L. 1874. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 473-576 pp. [487].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH MGH 8103 ♀ (confirmed adult female RJR, 2004), Port Mackay, QLD.
Phrictus crassipes Koch, L. 1874. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 473-576 pp. [489].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH MGH 9929 ♀ adult, Bowen, QLD.
Selenocosmia vulpina Hogg, H.R. 1901. On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(2): 218-279 [2 June 1901] [246].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 46/73 ♂ adult, Cape Upstart, near Bowen, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hogg, H.R. 1901. On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(2): 218-279 [2 June 1901]
Simon, E. 1903. Histoire Naturelle de Araignées (1892–1903). Paris : Roret Vol. 1. [955]
Main, B.Y. 1982. Some zoogeographic considerations of families of spiders occurring in New Guinea. pp. 583-602 in Gressitt, J.L (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague : Junk.
Main, B.Y. 1985. Mygalomorphae. pp. 1-48 in Walton. D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service 183 pp. [47] (Ischnocolus lucubrans Koch occurs on an earlier page of this publication as Phrictus crassipes Koch (=Selenocosmia crassipes), but because of wide usage it is preferable to retain crassipes as the valid name)
Schmidt, G. 1995. Gehoren 'Selenocosmia' crassipes (L. Koch, 1873) und 'Selenocosmia ' stirlingi Hogg, 1901 (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae) wirklich zu Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871? Arachnologische Magazin 3(11): 1-12
Raven, R.J. 2005. A new tarantula species from northern Australia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 1004: 15-28 [Date published 7 Jun 2005] [17]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Possibly New Guinea.

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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, low open forest, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Tall shrubland, low open forest, burrowing, terrestrial, predator.

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		13-Jun-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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