Species Urodacus excellens Pocock, 1888

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Species Urodacus excellens Pocock, 1888

Urodacus excellens Pocock, R.I. 1888. The species of the genus Urodacus contained in the collection of the British (Natural-History) Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 2: 169-175 [170].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Darwin (as 'Port Essington'), Northern Territory, Australia.
Iodacus darwinii Pocock, R.I. 1891. Notes on some scorpions collected by Mr. J.J. Walker, with descriptions of two new species and a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 8: 241-247 [245].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Darwin (as 'Port Darwin'), Northern Territory, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Koch, L.E. 1977. The taxonomy, geographic distribution and evolutionary radiation of Australo-Papuan scorpions. Records of the Western Australian Museum 5: 83-367 [274] (synonymy of I. darwinii with U. excellens)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal

History of changes

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

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