Thelyphonus sepiaris Butler, 1873

Species

Thelyphonus sepiaris Butler, 1873a (1 May): 131, fig. 6; Karsch, 1879c: 548; Karsch, 1891: 305; Pocock, 1894a: 122; Kraepelin, 1897a: 35, fig. 37b; Kraepelin, 1899a: 223; Pocock, 1900b: 104-105; Kraepelin, 1901b: 263; Simon, 1905: 162; Green, 1907: 181; Arldt, 1908: 441 (as Telyphonus [sic] sepiaris); Kraepelin, 1908c: 204; Fischer, 1910b: 888-889; Gravely, 1910: 45; Gravely, 1912c: cxxv; Gravely, 1915c: 519, 522, figs 25-26; Gravely, 1916: 73-74, fig. 3; Buxton, 1917: 5; Hansen, 1930: plate 14 fig. 8a; Mello-Leitão, 1931: 33; Speijer, 1931b: 197; Berland, 1932: fig. 101 (as Thelyphonus sepiarus [sic]); Kästner, 1932: figs 90-91; Werner, 1935a: 468, figs 158-159; Millot, 1949c: fig. 313a-b, 314; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 146, 149, 150; Carricaburu, 1972: 71-74, 2-6 (as Telyphonus [sic] sepiaris); Rowland and Cooke, 1973: 66; Bastawade, 1989: fig. 1a; Jayarama and Gowda, 1994: 87-91, figs 1-16; Harvey, 2003c: 75-76; Maqsood Javed, Rao, Tampal and Srinivasulu, 2009: 395-397, figs 1-8.

Thelyphonus nigrescens Butler, 1873a (1 May): 131-132, fig. 4 (synonymised by Pocock, 1894a: 133).

Thelyphonus indicus Stoliczka, 1873 (28 May): 138-142, fig. 5; Oates, 1889: 9-11, figs 1-6; Hansen, 1894: 167, 168, 174, 175, plate III fig. 1-5; Werner, 1935a: fig. 69a; Sundara Rajulu and Santhanakrishnan, 1972: 222-231, fig. 4; Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1982: 330-331, figs 1-3; Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1984: 207-211, fig. 1; Moro and Geethabali, 1984a: 207-217, figs 1-5; Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1987b: 859-862, figs 1-5; Tikader, 1987: fig. 30; Geethabali and Moro, 1988a: 12-16, 19-21, figs 1a-b, 2, 3a-d, 4-5; Geethabali and Moro, 1988b: 189-195, figs 1-4; Geethabali and Rajashekhar, 1988: 87-91, figs 1-2; Moro and Geethabali, 1988: 197-202, figs 1-2; Rajashekhar and Geethabali, 1989: 99-112, figs 1-13; Meyer-Rochow, Moro and Harjula, 1996: 155 (synonymised by Butler, 1873b: 116).

Thelyphonus beddomei Stoliczka, 1873 (28 May): 142-143, fig. 6 (synonymised with Thelyphonus indicus by Oates, 1889: 9).

Thelyphonus (?) indicus Stoliczka: Tarnani, 1890a: 537.

Thelyphonus (?) nigrescens Butler: Tarnani, 1890a: 538.

Thelyphonus muricola Pocock, 1899b: 745 (synonymised by Gravely, 1916: 74).

Thelyphonus sepiaris indicus Stoliczka: Pocock, 1900b: 105, figs 1a-e (figures labelled T. indicus).

Thelyphonus sepiaris muricola Pocock: Pocock, 1900b: 105.

Thelyphonus cristatus Pocock, 1900b: 105; Bastawade, 1989: fig. 1a (synonymised by Gravely, 1916: 74).

Type Locality

Thelyphonus sepiaris: Tongoo (? = Taung-ngo), , Myanmar (possibly misidentified, see Gravely, 1916: 74).
Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).

Thelyphonus nigrescens: Tenasserim, Tenasserim, Myanmar (probably incorrect; see Pocock, 1900b: 105 and Gravely, 1916: 73).

Thelyphonus nigrescens: Tenasserim, Tenasserim, Myanmar (probably incorrect; see Pocock, 1900b: 105 and Gravely, 1916: 73).

Thelyphonus indicus: south India.

Thelyphonus beddomei: Anamalai Mtns (as Annamally Mountains), Tamil Nadu, India.

Thelyphonus muricola: Trivandrum, Travancore, Kerala, India.

Thelyphonus cristatus: Bengal, India.

Distribution

Distribution
India
Sri Lanka

Gravely, 1916: 74 excludes Myanmar as a valid locality.

Latitude: 8°N

Longitude: 81°E

Coordinates based upon: Sri Lanka (IMPRECISE)