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Occurrence record: Arachnids:S31326

Preserved specimen of Cercophonius squama (Gervais, 1844) | Wood Scorpion recorded on 1992-11-16
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Arachnids
Supplied collection code "Arachnids"
Catalog number S31326
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Arachnids:S31326
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by P Lawless  
Collector 1.  Monteith, G.B.   2.  Cook, D.J.  
Supplied as "G B Monteith | D J Cook"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes 913669
Sampling protocol [Flight Intercept & Pitfall Trap]

Event

Occurrence date 1992-11-16
Sampling protocol Flight Intercept & Pitfall Trap  
Verbatim event date 16 Nov 1992
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cercophonius squama
Identified to rank species
Common name Wood Scorpion
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Scorpiones
Supplied as "Scorpionida"
Family Bothriuridae
Genus Cercophonius
Species Cercophonius squama
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gervais, 1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Upper E Funnel Ck (ridge)
Habitat
Supplied as "Rainforest"
Latitude -20.56667
Supplied as: "-20.56667"
Longitude 149.2
Supplied as: "149.2"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 250
Location remarks 1 specimen.
Field notes 913669
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 34' 0.012" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 12' East

Additional properties

object id AR28181

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