Species Tyrannochthonius brooksi Harvey, 1991
- Tyrannochthonius brooksi Harvey, M.S. 1991. The cavernicolous pseudoscorpions (Chelicerata: Pseudoscorpionida) of Cape Range, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 487-502 [493].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 91/280 ♂ (on slide), Monagee Cave, C-21, Cape Range, Western Australia, Australia.
Paratype(s) WAM 91/281 1♂ (on slide), Monagee Cave, C-21, Cape Range, Western Australia, Australia; WAM 91/283, 91/285 1♀ 1♂ (on slide, and in alcohol), cave C-107, Cape Range, Western Australia, Australia; WAM 91/282 1♀ (on slide), Breakdown Maze, C-111, Cape Range, Western Australia, Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Cave dweller, predator, terrestrial.
General References
Edward, K.L. & Harvey, M.S. 2008. Short-range endemism in hypogean environments: the pseudoscorpion genera Tyrannochthonius and Lagynochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) in the semiarid zone of Western Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 22: 259–293 [273] (record from Cape Range)
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) |