Occurrence record: e398f9e6-fd51-4693-a19a-1bebfe8ccde6

Human observation of Hormurus waigiensis (Gervais, 1844) | Rainforest Scorpion recorded on 2021-06-22
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Data partner Questagame
Data resource Earth Guardians Weekly Feed
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Identified by Penelope (Low)  
Collector Owldelyn | questagame.com  
Supplied as " Owldelyn | questagame.com"
Record number questagame-445867
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks I was looking for a bug under a rock when to my surprise…This beauty was sitting at the entrance to a shallow hole with just its front legs visible. I was intrigued by the slightly metallic blue-black colour, and thought it might have been a dead spider that had been dragged in by the ant colony also living under the rock. I cautiously disturbed the nest with a stick to see if I could identify the mystery creature when the rear end slowly emerged, removing all doubt as to its species.Body length quite small - only about 5cm including tail. Tail upturned like a hook, segmented and barbed on the end. Front legs turned out to be a pair of thick pincers. The creature was disinterested in me, showing no aggressive movements - perhaps because of the cold temperatures at the moment? I replaced the rock and left it to its business. The only sighting I’ve ever had of this animal, though the internet tells me they are common in this region. Guess I don’t look under enough rocks?!
Identification verification status Challenge ID?

Event

Occurrence date 2021-06-22
Supplied date "2021-06-21T17:31:00+0000"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hormurus waigiensis
Supplied scientific name "Hormurus waigiensis (Gervais 1843)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Rainforest Scorpion
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Scorpiones
Family Hormuridae
Genus Hormurus
Species Hormurus waigiensis
Scientific name ID 7789290
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Taxon remarks Arachnids
Scientific name authorship (Gervais, 1844)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -27.6
Supplied as: "-27.6"
Longitude 152.0
Supplied as: "152.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 South East Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South East Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Moreton Basin
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BRISBANE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lockyer Valley (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Gatton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LOCKYER VALLEY REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 8
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1508
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LOCKYER VALLEY - WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TOOWOOMBA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOOWOOMBA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WRIGHT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GATTON - LAIDLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GATTON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) BRISBANE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LOCKYER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 767.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 91.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 305.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 307.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.54
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.616667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.46
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.56
    Elevation 520.0 m