Mastigoproctus floridanus Lönnberg, 1897

SUBSPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Mastigoproctus giganteus floridanus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:3c51ebd3-3e70-4a59-9f69-c57e6e25b050


Taxonomic references

Mastigoproctus giganteus floridanus

Lönnberg, 1897a: 189–191 (synonymised by Kraepelin, 1899a: 224) original description
McMonigle, 2013: 100, unnumbered (part)

Mastigoproctus floridanus Lönnberg:

Barrales-Alcalá, Francke and Prendini, 2018: 25-29, fig. 14a-d, table 2

Not Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas):

Kraepelin, 1899a: 224
Banks, 1900: 422 (part)
Banks, 1904a: 143
Howard, 1919: 26
Ewing, 1928: 41-43, fig. 1
Savory, 1964a: 166 (part)
Muma, 1967a: 21-23, fig. 16
Weygoldt, 1970b: 1-7, figs 1a-b, 2a-d, 3a-f, 4a-e
Weygoldt, 1971b: 137-141, figs 1a-b, 2a-b, 3, 4, 5a-c, 6, pl. Ia-d, IIa-c, IIIa-c
Jespersen, 1978: 241, figs 21-23
Coddington, Larcher and Cokendolpher, 1990: 11 (part)
Corey and Stout, 1990: 169-170
Crawford, 1990a: 434, fig. 16.5 (part)
Punzo, 2001: 35-39, figs 3-4
Beccaloni, 2009: 111 (part)
Carrel and Britt, 2009: 500-502, figs 1-4 (part)
Kern and Mitchell, 2011: 2, 4, figs 1-5 (part)
Punzo, 2005a: 684-690
Punzo, 2005b: 172-173

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: North America

US (Florida)
Type locality: Florida, U.S.A.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Florida (IMPRECISE) 28 -81
Type repository
  • Holotype Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm, Sweden Female (?)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:72CD70E6-BC9B-49A9-B215-D2567482F0C7

References

Banks, N. (1900). Synopses of North-American invertebrates. IX. The scorpions, solpugids and pedipalpi. American Naturalist 34: 421–427. -- Show included taxa

Banks, N. (1904a). The Arachnida of Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 56: 120–147. -- Show included taxa

Beccaloni, J. (2009). Arachnids. Natural History Museum, London. -- Show included taxa

Carrel, J.E. & Britt, E.J. (2009). The whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Uropygi: Thelyphonidae), preys on the chemically defended Florida scrub millipede, Floridobolus penneri (Spirobolida: Floridobolidae). Florida Entomologist 92: 500–502. doi: https://doi.org/10.1653/024.092.0313 -- Show included taxa

Coddington, J.A., Larcher, S.F. & Cokendolpher, J.C. (1990). The systematic status of Arachnida, exclusive of Acari, in North America north of Mexico. In: Kosztarab, M. and Schaefer, C.W. (ed.) Systematics of the North American insects and arachnids: status and needs Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg: 5–20. -- Show included taxa

Corey, D.T. & Stout, I.J. (1990). Ground surface arachnids in sandhill communities of Florida. Journal of Arachnology 18: 167–172. -- Show included taxa

Crawford, C.S. (1990a). Scorpions, Solifugae, and associated desert taxa. In: Dindal, D.L. (ed.) Soil biology guide John Wiley and Sons, New York: 421–475. -- Show included taxa

Ewing, H.E. (1928). Observations on the habits and the injury caused by the bites or stings of some common North American arthropods. American Journal of Tropical Medicine 8: 39–62. -- Show included taxa

Howard, L.O. (1919). Note on the vinegarone (Arach., Pedipalpi). Entomological News 30: 26. -- Show included taxa

Jespersen, A. (1978). The fine structure of spermiogenesis in the Amblypygi and the Uropygi (Arachnida). Zoomorphologie 89: 237–250. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1899a). Scorpiones und Pedipalpi. Tierreich 8: i–xviii, 1–265. -- Show included taxa

Lönnberg, E. (1897a). Skorpioner och Pedipalper i Upsala Universitets Zoologiska Museum. Entomologisk Tidskrift 18: 175–192. -- Show included taxa

Muma, M.H. (1967a). Scorpions, whip scorpions and wind scorpions of Florida. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 4: 1–28. -- Show included taxa

Punzo, F. (2001). Substrate preferences, and the relationship between soil characteristics and the distribution of the giant whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) (Arachnida, Uropygi) in Big Bend National Park. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 35–41. -- Show included taxa

Punzo, F. (2005b). Use of a Y-maze to assess the response of the giant whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Arachnida: Uropygi) to olfactory cues associated with a predator, Hogna carolinensis (Araneae: Lycosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 172–174. -- Show included taxa

Savory, T.H. (1964a). Arachnida. Academic Press, London. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1970b). Courtship behaviour and sperm transfer in the giant whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) (Uropygi, Thelyphonidae). Behaviour 36: 1–8. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1971b). Notes on the life history and reproductive biology of the giant whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Uropygi, Thelyphonidae) from Florida. Journal of Zoology, London 164: 137–147. -- Show included taxa

Barrales-Alcalá, D., Francke, O.F. & Prendini, L. (2018). Systematic revision of the giant vinegaroonsof the Mastigoproctus giganteus complex (Thelyphonida, Thelyphonidae) of North America. American Museum Novitates 418: 1–62. -- Show included taxa

McMonigle, O. (2013). Forgotten order of the vinegaroons. Whipscorpion biology, husbandry, and natural history. Coachwhip Publications. -- Show included taxa

Kern, W.H.J & Mitchell, R.E. (2011). Giant whip scorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida = Uropygi: Thelyphonidae). Institute of Food and Agricultural Sci- ences, University of Florida. DPI Entomology Circular 408: 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Punzo, F. (2005a). Neem seed extract containing azadirachtin affects mortality, growth, and immunological function in the whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) (Arachnida, Uropygi). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 75: 684-690. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2023-01-05 Species updated Old value
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Punzo, 2005b
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Punzo, 2005a
2023-01-05 Species updated Old value
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Kern and Mitchell, 2011
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Carrel and Britt, 2009
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Beccaloni, 2009
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Punzo, 2001
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Crawford, 1990
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Corey and Stout, 1990
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Coddington, Larcher and Cokendolpher, 1990
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Jespersen, 1978
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Weygoldt, 1971
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Weygoldt, 1970
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Muma, 1967
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Savory, 1964
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Ewing, 1928
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Howard, 1919
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Banks, 1904
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Banks, 1900
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Kraepelin, 1899
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Barrales-Alcalá, Francke and Prendini, 2018
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry McMonigle, 2013
2023-01-05 Species updated Old value