Species Synsphyronus mimulus Chamberlin, 1943

Museums

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• Synsphyronus (Maorigarypus) mimulus Chamberlin, J.C. 1943. The taxonomy of the false scorpion genus Synsphyronus with remarks on the sporadic loss of stability in generally constant morphological characters. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 486-500 [496].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS JC-619.03001 ♂ (on slide), Corny Point, South Australia, Australia.
  Paratype(s) WAM 81/329–330 1♂ 1♀ (in alcohol), Corny Point, South Australia, Australia; CAS JC-619.03002–8 3♂ 4♀ (on slides), Corny Point, South Australia, Australia; MCZ JC-619.03013–14 1♂ 1♀ (in alcohol), Corny Point, South Australia, Australia; whereabouts unknown 16 specimens, Corny Point, South Australia, Australia.
• Synsphyronus (Maorigarypus) grayi 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] [205].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM KS0015 ♂ (on slide), Mullamullang Cave, Western Australia, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) AM 2♀ (on slide and in alcohol), Mullamullang Cave, Western Australia, Australia; NHMW 1♂ 1♀ (in alcohol), Mullamullang Cave, Western Australia, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Harvey, M.S. 1987. A revision of the genus Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Garypidae: Pseudoscorpionida: Arachnida). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 126: 1-99 [21].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Harvey, M.S. 1987. A revision of the genus Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Garypidae: Pseudoscorpionida: Arachnida). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 126: 1-99 [21]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, saxicoline, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Harvey, M.S. 1987. A revision of the genus Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Garypidae: Pseudoscorpionida: Arachnida). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 126: 1-99 [21] (redescription, distribution)

 

History of changes

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31-Oct-2012		31-Oct-2012	MODIFIED
		22-Mar-2011	MODIFIED