Genus Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier, 1930

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• Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier, M. 1930. Alcuni pseudoscorpioni esotici raccolti dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 23: 197-209 [207].

  Type species:

   Chthonius silvestrii Ellingsen, 1905 by original designation.
• Tubbichthonius Hoff, C.C. 1951. New species and records of chthoniid pseudoscorpions. American Museum Novitates 1483: 1-13 [9].

  Type species:

   Tubbichthonius solitarius Hoff, 1951 by original designation.
• Spelaeochthonius Morikawa, K. 1954. On some pseudoscorpions in Japanese lime-grottoes. Memoirs of the Ehime University Natural Sciences Series B 2B 2: 79-87 [83].

  Type species:

   Spelaeochthonius kubotai Morikawa, 1954 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beier, M. 1966. On the Pseudoscorpionidea of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 275-303 [285]
• Muchmore, W.B. 1967. Pseudotyrannochthoniine pseudoscorpions from the western United States. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 86: 132-139 [134]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, NSW, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Vic: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Distribution References

General References

Darms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. Review of the cave-dwelling species of Pseudotyrannochthonius from mainland Australia, with description of two troglobitic species. Australian Journal of Entomology 52: 129–143

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Oct-2012		30-Oct-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)