Genus: Etienneus Heurtault, 1984 | Family: Thelyphonidae Blanchard, 1852 | Order: Uropygi Thorell, 1883

Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Hypoctonus africanus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:10ac6b67-d910-41e3-89b5-ef2700faa358

Genus type of Etienneus Heurtault, 1984

Taxonomic references

Hypoctonus africanus

Hentschel, 1899: 430–431 original description
Cooke and Shadab, 1973a: 5–6, figs 1–2, 7, 10
Rowland and Cooke, 1973: 65

Labochirus africanus (Hentschel):

Gravely, 1916: 64
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 21

Etienneus africanus (Hentschel):

Heurtault, 1984: 115–122, figs 1–13
Harvey, 2003c: 61
Huff and Prendini, 2009: 6–13, figs 1–10
Penney, 2009: n/a, unnumbered fig. on page 72
Maquart, Réveillion and Girod, 2016: 79-80, fig. 1

Synonyms
Hypoctonus clarki Cooke and Shadab, 1973 -- synonymised by Heurtault, 1984: 122
LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:96a49ce3-2e81-4a9f-85e0-f686e7caded8
Hypoctonus clarki
Cooke and Shadab, 1973a: 8–11, figs 3–4, 8, 12 original description
Rowland and Cooke, 1973: 65 (synonymised by Heurtault, 1984: 122)
Distribution
Distribution table
Burkina Faso
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Senegal
Type locality: Senegal.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Senegal (IMPRECISE) 15 -15
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

615DA818-CFBE-47CE-9E99-CAFD891A2747

References

Cooke, J.A.L. & Shadab, M.U. (1973a). Whipscorpions (Arachnida, Thelyphonida) from Africa. American Museum Novitates 2526: 1–11. ZooBank: 2CDCE32A-1873-4B36-ADD9-3C5AD2886870 -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F.H. (1916). The evolution and distribution of the Indo-Australian Thelyphonidae, with notes on the distinctive characters of various species. Records of the Indian Museum 12: 59–85. ZooBank: 86EA29E1-3D7C-48F9-AFCC-BA692558A5E3 -- Show included taxa

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

Hentschel, E. (1899). Zur geographischen Verbreitung der Thelyphoniden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 22: 429–431. ZooBank: E955EAE7-8070-456B-923B-92165612FC21 -- Show included taxa

Heurtault, J. (1984). Identité d'Hypoctonus africanus Hentschel et d'Hypoctonus clarki Cooke et Shadab (Arachnides, Uropyges). Revue Arachnologique 5: 115–123. ZooBank: 393CF33A-51BA-4839-A733-F6F72C451144 -- Show included taxa

Huff, J.C. & Prendini, L. (2009). On the African whip scorpion, Etienneus africanus (Hentschel, 1899) (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae), with a redescription based on new material from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. American Museum Novitates 3658: 1–16. -- Show included taxa

Maquart, P.-O., Réveillion, F. & Girod, C. (2016). First record of Etienneus africanus (Arachnida, Thelyphonida) in Mali and Burkina Faso. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 79–80. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. (1931). Pedipalpos do Brasil e algumas notas sobre a ordem. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 33: 8–72. ZooBank: 9D977FEC-3474-4DCC-8020-C3251DE6C3CE -- Show included taxa

Penney, D. (2009). Common spiders & other arachnids of The Gambia, West Africa. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Rowland, J.M. & Cooke, J.A.L. (1973). Systematics of the arachnid order Uropygida (= Thelyphonida). Journal of Arachnology 1: 55–71. ZooBank: 6CC42BDD-8DC2-46B4-8D61-2BF99D189178 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2022-07-03 Taxonomic reference update Maquart, Réveillion and Girod, 2016