Thelyphonus sepiaris Butler, 1873

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Thelyphonus sepiaris

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Taxonomic references

Thelyphonus sepiaris

Butler, 1873a: 131, fig. 6 original description
Karsch, 1879c: 548
Karsch, 1891: 305
Pocock, 1894a: 122
Kraepelin, 1897a: 35, fig. 37b
Kraepelin, 1899a: 223
Pocock, 1900b: 104–105
Kraepelin, 1901b: 263
Simon, 1905b: 162
Green, 1907: 181
Arldt, 1908: 441 (as Telyphonus [sic] sepiaris)
Kraepelin, 1908c: 204
Fischer, 1910b: 888–889
Gravely, 1910: 45
Gravely, 1912c: cxxv
Gravely, 1915c: 519, 522, figs 25–26
Gravely, 1916: 73–74, fig. 3
Buxton, 1917: 5
Hansen, 1930: n/a, plate 14 fig. 8a
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 33
Speijer, 1931b: 197
Berland, 1932: n/a, fig. 101 (as Thelyphonus sepiarus [sic])
Kästner, 1932a: n/a, figs 90–91
Werner, 1935a: 468, figs 158–159
Millot, 1949c: n/a, fig. 313a–b, 314
Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 146, 149, 150
71–74, 2–6 (as Telyphonus [sic] sepiaris) Carricaburu, 1972 (reference missing)
Rowland and Cooke, 1973: 66
Bastawade, 1989: n/a, fig. 1a
Jayarama and Gowda, 1994: 87–91, figs 1–16
Harvey, 2003c: 75–76
Maqsood Javed, Rao, Tampal and Srinivasulu, 2009: 395–397, figs 1–8
Tamale, Patil and Sambath, 2013: 163–167, figs 1–7

Thelyphonus sepiaris indicus (Stoliczka, 1873):

Isukapalli, Azra and Pandu, 2013: 67-69, figs 2,4-5


Synonyms
Thelyphonus nigrescens Butler, 1873 -- synonymised by Pocock, 1894a: 133
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Thelyphonus nigrescens
Butler, 1873a: 131–132, fig. 4 (synonymised by Pocock, 1894a: 133) original description
Thelyphonus (?) nigrescens Butler:
Tarnani, 1890a: 538
Thelyphonus indicus Stoliczka, 1873 -- synonymised by Butler, 1873b: 116
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Thelyphonus indicus
Stoliczka, 1873: 138–142, fig. 5 original description
Oates, 1889: 9–11, figs 1–6
Hansen, 1894: 167, 168, 174, 175, plate III fig. 1–5
Werner, 1935a: n/a, fig. 69a
Sundara Rajulu and Santhanakrishnan, 1972: 222–231, fig. 4
Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1982: 330–331, figs 1–3
Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1984: 207–211, fig. 1
Moro and Geethabali, 1985a: 207–217, figs 1–5
Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1987b: 859–862, figs 1–5
Tikader, 1987: n/a, fig. 30
Geethabali and Moro, 1988a: 12–16, 19–21, figs 1a–b, 2, 3a–d, 4–5
Geethabali and Moro, 1988b: 189–195, figs 1–4
Geethabali and Rajashekar, 1988: 87–91, figs 1–2
Moro and Geethabali, 1988: 197–202, figs 1–2
Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1989: 99–112, figs 1–13
Meyer-Rochow, Moro and Harjula, 1996: 155 (synonymised by Butler, 1873b: 116)
Kalaimani, 2014: 25-26, figs 1-4
Thelyphonus (?) indicus Stoliczka:
Tarnani, 1890a: 537
Thelyphonus sepiaris indicus Stoliczka:
Pocock, 1900b: 105, figs 1a–e (figures labelled T. indicus)
Thelyphonus beddomei Stoliczka, 1873 -- synonymised by Oates, 1889: 9
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Thelyphonus beddomei
Stoliczka, 1873: 142–143, fig. 6 (synonymised with Thelyphonus indicus by Oates, 1889: 9) original description
Thelyphonus muricola Pocock, 1899 -- synonymised by Gravely, 1916: 74
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Thelyphonus muricola
Pocock, 1899b: 745 (synonymised by Gravely, 1916: 74) original description
Thelyphonus sepiaris muricola Pocock:
Pocock, 1900b: 105
Thelyphonus cristatus Pocock, 1900 -- synonymised by Gravely, 1916: 74
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Thelyphonus cristatus
Pocock, 1900b: 105 original description
Bastawade, 1989: n/a, fig. 1a (synonymised by Gravely, 1916: 74)
Distribution
Distribution table
India
Sri Lanka
Type locality: Tongoo (? = Taung-ngo), , Myanmar (possibly misidentified, see ^Gravely, 1916: 74). Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Sri Lanka (IMPRECISE) 8 81
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:780FAB7C-944B-45C6-AF7E-BCDFBC8E8DA2

References

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Jayarama, K.S. & Gowda, L.S. (1994). Karyological and meiotic studies in whip scorpion - Thelyphonus sepiaris Butler. Cytologia 59: 87–91. -- Show included taxa

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Maqsood Javed, S.M., Rao, K.T., Tampal, F. & Srinivasulu, C. (2009). First record of Thelyphonus sepiaris (Butler 1873) (Uropygi: Thelyphonidae) from Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1: 395–397. doi: https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2088.395-7 -- Show included taxa

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Meyer-Rochow, V.B., Moro, S.D. & Harjula, R. (1996). Do whip scorpions have photoreceptors or aphrodisiacs in their legs? Acta Universitatis Ouluensis A 286: 154–160. -- Show included taxa

Millot, J. (1949c). Ordre des Uropyges. In: Grassé, P.-P. (ed.) Traité de zoologie Masson, Paris 6: 533–562. -- Show included taxa

Moro, S.D. & Geethabali (1985a). Distribution of cuticular sensory hairs on the legs and whip of Thelyphonus indicus Stoliczka (Arachnida Uropygi). Monitore Zoologico Italiano, n.s. 19: 207–218. -- Show included taxa

Moro, S.D. & Geethabali (1988). Prey catching behaviour of the Indian whip scorpion Thelyphonus indicus. Revue Arachnologique 7: 197–205. -- Show included taxa

Oates, E.W. (1889). On the species of Thelyphonus inhabiting continental India, Burma, and the Malay Peninsula. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 58: 4–19. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R.I. (1894a). Notes on the Thelyphonidae contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 14: 120–134. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939408677779 -- Show included taxa

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Rajashekhar, K.P. & Geethabali (1982). Sexual dimorphism in a whipscorpion, Thelyphonus indicus Stoliczka (Arachnida, Uropygi). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 330–331. -- Show included taxa

Rajashekhar, K.P. & Geethabali (1984). Physiological amino acids in the central nervous system of a whip-scorpion, Thelyphonus indicus Stoliczka. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, n.s. 18: 207–212. -- Show included taxa

Rajashekhar, K.P. & Geethabali (1987b). Action of amino acids on electrical activity of central neurons in the whip scorpion Thelyphonus indicus Stoliczka. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 25: 859–862. -- Show included taxa

Rajashekhar, K.P. & Geethabali (1989). Organisation of the nervous system of the whip scorpion Thelyphonus indicus Stoliczka. Revue Arachnologique 8: 99–113. -- Show included taxa

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Sundara Rajulu, G. & Santhanakrishnan, G. (1972). An investigation of the free amino acids in the haemolymph of Arachnida. Zoologischer Anzeiger 189: 222–232. -- Show included taxa

Tamale, S.S., Patil, S.R. & Sambath, S. (2013). First report of Thelyphonus sepiaris (Butler, 1873) (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonidae) from Madhya Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 1: 163–167. -- Show included taxa

Tarnani, J. (1890a). Ueber die Thelyphoniden aus den Sammlungen einiger Russischer Museen. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 24: 511–539. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B.K. (1987). Handbook Indian spiders - a manual for the study of the spiders and their relatives - the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whip scorpions, harvestmen and all members of the class Arachnida found in India with analytical keys for their classification and biology. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1935a). Klasse: Arachnoidea, Spinnentiere. Pedipalpen. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 5(IV)(8)(3): 317–490. -- Show included taxa

Isukapalli, S.R.K., Azra, S.V.V.S. & Pandu, B.R. (2013). First record of Thelyphonus sepiaris indicus (Stoliczka, 1873) (Uropygi) from Karnataka, India. Research Journal of Biology 1: 67-69. -- Show included taxa

Kalaimani, A. (2014). Sighting records of Whip scorpion Thelyphonus indicus (Stoliczka, 1873) in Tirupattur forest division, Tamil Nadu, India. Newsletter of the Invertebrate Conservation & Information Network of South Asia (ICINSA) 21: 25-26. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-05-30 New taxonomic reference entry Isukapalli, Azra and Pandu, 2013