Genus: Charon Karsch, 1879 | Family: Charontidae Simon, 1892 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Charon gervaisi Harvey and West, 1998

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Charon gervaisi

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:c47c1811-f7ce-426f-a8dc-ab6666e26643

Taxonomic references

Charon gervaisi Harvey and West:

Harvey and West, 1998: 281–283, figs. 12–18 original description
Harvey, 2003c: 9

Distribution
Distribution table
Australia (Christmas Island)
Type locality: Boat Club, Settlement, Christmas Island, Australia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Settlement -10.416666 105.666666
Type repository
  • Holotype Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia Female (WAM 96/1601)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4C743513-DD23-4835-8AE4-4DB97C2CD349

References

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. & West, P.L.J. (1998). New species of Charon (Amblypygi, Charontidae) from northern Australia and Christmas Island. Journal of Arachnology 26: 273–284. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update Harvey and West, 1998
2024-03-16 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-16 Species updated Old value