Genus: Charon Karsch, 1879 | Family: Charontidae Simon, 1892 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Charon papuanus Thorell, 1888

SPECIES |   SYNONYM

Original combination: Charon papuanus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:c3632cc9-13d6-46c6-89ed-24fc33a18efb

Junior synonym of: Charon grayi Gervais, 1842

Taxonomic references

Charon papuanus Thorell:

Thorell, 1888: 345–349 original description
Kraepelin, 1899a: 247 (synonymised with Charon grayi (Gervais, 1842))
Delle Cave, 1986: 153

Charon grayi papuanus Thorell:

Esaki, 1936a: 80–81, figs. 1–3

Distribution
Distribution table
Papua New Guinea
Type locality: Fly River, Western, Papua New Guinea.
Yule Island, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Fly River -8 143
2 Yule Island -8.166 146.533333
Type repository
    N/A
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:12A2C313-1331-41AC-AEBF-429160EBB210

References

Delle Cave, L. (1986). Biospeleology of the Somaliland Amblypygi (Arachnida, Chelicerata) of the caves of the Showli Berdi and Mugdile (Bardera, Somaliland). Redia 69: 143–170. -- Show included taxa

Esaki, T. (1936a). Das Vorkommen der charontide Amblypygi auf den Palau-Inseln. Lansania 8(75): 79–90. -- Show included taxa

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

Thorell, T. (1888). Pedipalpi e Scorpioni dell'Arcipelago Malese conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 26: 327–428. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-04-15 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1899
2024-04-15 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1899
2024-04-15 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1899
2024-04-11 Taxonomic reference update Delle Cave, 1986
2024-04-11 New taxonomic reference entry Kraepelin, 1899
2024-04-11 Taxonomic reference update Esaki, 1936
2024-04-11 Taxonomic reference update
2024-04-11 Species updated Old value
2022-04-17 Species updated Old value