''Heterolophus australicus'' is a
species of
pseudoscorpion in the
Chthoniidae
Chthoniidae is a family of pseudoscorpions within the superfamily Chthonioidea. The family contains more than 600 species in about 30 genera. Fossil species are known from Baltic, Dominican, and Burmese amber.Biology Catalog Chthoniidae now inc ...
family. It is
endemic to Australia. It was
described in 1969 by Austrian
arachnologist Max Beier
Max Beier (6 April 1903 in Spittal an der Drau – 4 July 1979 in Vienna) was an Austrian arachnologist and entomologist.
He studied zoology at the University of Vienna, and obtained his doctorate there in 1927. He took up a post at the Natural H ...
.
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-eastern
Queensland. The
type locality is the
Joalah section of the Tamborine National Park. The pseudoscorpions were found in closed forest
plant litter.
Behaviour
The pseudoscorpions are
terrestrial predators
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the ...
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References
Chthoniidae
Endemic fauna of Australia
Pseudoscorpions of Australia
Arthropods of Queensland
Animals described in 1969
Taxa named by Max Beier
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