Genus: Pseudotyrannochthonius Beier, 1930 | Family: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae Beier, 1932 | Order: Pseudoscorpiones de Geer, 1778

Pseudotyrannochthonius giganteus Beier, 1971

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Pseudotyrannochthonius giganteus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:520175d1-fd6d-4bda-905e-b4def5ec5b57

Taxonomic references

Pseudotyrannochthonius giganteus

Beier, 1971e: 233–234, fig. 1 original description
Harvey, 1981b: 240
Harvey, 1985d: 139
Harvey, 1991a: 198
Harms, Roberts and Harvey, 2019: 938–946
Michalski, Harms, Runge and Wirkner, 2022: 3, figs 1A, 2–4, 9
Harms, Harvey, Roberts and Loria, 2024: n/a, figs 2–4

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Australasia

Australia (Western Australia)
Type locality: Calgardup (as Calgadup) Cave, near Augusta, Western Australia, Australia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Calgardup Cave -34.05 115.016666
Type repository
    N/A
References

Beier, M. (1971e). A new chthoniid pseudoscorpion from Western Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10: 233–234. -- Show included taxa

Harms, D., Roberts, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. (2019). Climate variability impacts on diversification processes in a biodiversity hotspot: A phylogeography of ancient pseudoscorpions in southwestern Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 934–949. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1981b). A checklist of the Australian Pseudoscorpionida. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 237–252. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1985d). Pseudoscorpionida. In: Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 3: 126–155. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (1991a). Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida. Manchester University Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Michalski, H., Harms, D., Runge, J. & Wirkner, C.S. (2022). Evolutionary morphology of coxal musculature in Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida). Arthropod Structure & Development 69(101165): 1–18. -- Show included taxa

Harms, D., Harvey, M.S., Roberts, J.D. & Loria, S.F. (2024). Tectonically-driven climate change and the spread of temperate biomes: Insights from dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudotyrannochthoniidae), a globally distributed arachnid lineage. Journal of Biogeography 51: 1032–1048. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Harms, Harvey, Roberts and Loria, 2024
2024-02-01 New taxonomic reference entry Michalski, Harms, Runge and Wirkner, 2022
2022-11-17 New taxonomic reference entry Harms, Roberts and Harvey, 2019