Species Synsphyronus paradoxus Chamberlin, 1930
- Synsphyronus paradoxus Chamberlin, J.C. 1930. A synoptic classification of the false scorpions or chela-spinners, with a report on a cosmopolitan collection of the same. Part II. The Diplosphyronida (Arachnida-Chelonethida). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 5: 1-48, 585-620 [617].
Type data:
Holotype CAS JC-481.02001 ♂ (on slide), Menindee, New South Wales, Australia.
Paratype(s) CAS JC-481.02002–4 3♀ (on slides), Menindee, New South Wales, Australia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Ecological Descriptors
Predator, terrestrial, under bark, woodland.
General References
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 [490] (redescription)
Harvey, M.S. 1987. A revision of the genus Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Garypidae: Pseudoscorpionida: Arachnida). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 126: 1-99 [15] (redescription, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 31-Oct-2012 | 31-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |