Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Synsphyronus absitus Harvey, 1987

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Species Synsphyronus absitus Harvey, 1987

  • Type data:
     Holotype ANIC 9994 ♂ (on slide), Mundibarcooloo Waterhole, South Australia, Australia.
    Paratype(s) ANIC 6♂ 5♀, 1 tritonymph (on slides and in alcohol), Mundibarcooloo Waterhole, South Australia, Australia; SAMA N1983115 1♀ (in alcohol), Cannuwaukaninna Dam, South Australia, Australia; WAM 83/15-16 2♂ (in alcohol), 9-mile or Canny Dune, South Australia, Australia; ANIC 1♀ (on slide), Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia; EUQ 5♂ (on slides), Coopers Creek, Etadunna, South Australia, Australia; SAMA N1983310-311 2♀ (on slides), Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia; ANIC 4♀ (on slide and in alcohol), Mt Nott, South Australia, Australia; NMV K135 1♂ (on slide), Tirari Desert, E side of Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia; NMV K136-144 3♂ 5♀, 1 tritonymph (on slides), Borroloola, Northern Territory, Australia; NTM A9-11 1♂ 2♀ (on slides), junction of Palmer River and Stuart Highway, Northern Territory, Australia; QM 2♂ 2♀, 1 deutonymph (on slides), 14 km N of Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia; WAM 82/1458-1459 1♂ 1♀ (on slides), around Beverley Springs Homestead, Western Australia, Australia; WAM 84/36 1♂ (in alcohol), N of Halls Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia; WAM 82/1446 1♀ (in alcohol), King Leopold Range, Western Australia, Australia; CAS 1♂ (on slide), Langeys Crossing [as Langi Crossing], 40 km S of Derby, Western Australia, Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs
    • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, saxicoline, terrestrial, under bark.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2012 31-Oct-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)