Liocheles australasiae
| Liocheles australasiae | |
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| Liocheles australasiae from Enggano Island. Museum specimens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Hemiscorpiidae |
| Genus: | Liocheles |
| Species: | L. australasiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius, 1775) | |
Liocheles australasiae, the Dwarf Wood Scorpion, is a species of scorpions belonging to the family Hemiscorpiidae.[1]
Synonyms
- Buthus brevicaudatus Rainbow, 1897
- Hormurus australasiae suspectus Thorell, 1888
- Hormurus boholiensis Kraepelin, 1914
- Ischnurus complanatus C.L. Koch, 1838
- Ischnurus pistaceus Simon, 1877
- Scorpio australasiae Fabricius, 1775
- Scorpio cumingii Gervais, 1844
- Scorpio gracilicauda Guérin-Meneville, 1843
Distribution
A live individual of Liocheles australasiae
This species is present in India, Bangladesh, China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Mariana Islands, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and French Polynesia. [2]
Bibliography
- Yamazaki K, Yahata H, Kobayashi N, Makioka T. Egg maturation and parthenogenetic recovery of diploidy in the scorpion Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius) (Scorpions, ischnuridae).
- TOSHIKI MAKIOKA Reproductive biology of the viviparous scorpion, Liocheles australasiae (Fabricius) (Arachnida, Scorpiones, Ischnuridae) IV. Pregnancy in females isolated from infancy, with notes on juvenile stage duration
- Fabricius, 1775 : Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis, synonymis, locis descriptionibus observationibus. Flensburg and Lipsiae.
- Monod, 2011 : Taxonomic emendations in the genus Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones, Liochelidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, vol. 118, no 4, p. 723-758.