Values before 2024-03-10
ID5919
Namestygochthobius
AuthorWeygoldt and Van Damme
Authority year2004
Authority parentheses1
Is fossil0
Taxon rankspecies
Taxon statusaccepted
Genus gender
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:c9b82099-ddb9-4021-a067-8ccd820fd654
Original combinationCharinus stygochthobius
Type repositoryType info: Male (HLMD EA–172–HT)
Type: Holotype
Type repository: Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (HLMD), Germany
Type info: 2 female, 1 male, same locality as holotype (HLMD EA–172–PT1–PT3)
Type: Paratype
Type repository: Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (HLMD), Germany
Parent taxonID: 261
Name: Sarax
Additional taxon dataRealm:
Locus typicus: Ghiniba Cave, Shebehan Plateau, Suqutra, Yemen.
Age:
Habitat:
Etymology: The species name is combination of the Greek words ‘stygo’, referring to the Styx, the main river of the underworld, according to the Greek mythology, ‘ochthy’, meaning ‘riverbank’, and ‘bios’, meaning ‘life’, all together meaning ‘living on the banks of the river Styx’.
Taxon comment:
Country: YEM
Distribution comment: (Suqutra)
Locus typicusLatitude: 12.434111
Longitude: 53.936694
Location name: Ghiniba Cave
Subgenus idID: