Schendylurus australis Silvestri 1907

36. Schendylurus australis Silvestri, 190­7

Silvestri 1907: 246–247, figs. 46–49 (as Schendylurus australis sp. n.)

Type locality and specimens. Habitat: Port Elizabeth, Dr. H. Brauns leg.

Dimensions. ♂ Pedes ultimi ut in faemina crassi. Pedum paria [leg pairs] ♀ 53, ♂ 53. Long. corp. mm 35, lat. 1,3 [length 35 mm, width 1.3 mm].

Type material. Syntypes 3 (ZMH-A0000544-545, ZMH-A0008167). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape Province, Port Elizabeth [33°57’29’’S, 25°36’00’’E].

Preservation. 2 jars (first jar with 2 vials). Jar 1 Label 1: LECTOTYPE Schendylurus australis Silv., Port Elizabeth: Kapland (Zool. St. Mus Hamburg) (typewriting). Vial 1 (ZMH-A 0000544): Label. Lectotype Schendylurus australis Silv. Vial 2 (ZMH-A 0008167): Label. Syntype Schendylurus australis Silv., Port Elizabeth, Dr. Med. H Brauns l. d. 15.XII.1898, det R.E. Crabill (Crabill handwriting). [separate microvial with the handwriting label LECTOTYPE]. Jar 2 (ZMH-A 0000545): Label 1. Schendylurus australis Silv. Co-Typus. Dr Brauns d. 15.XII.98, Port Elizabeth, Silv. Det; Label 2. when found, 7. V.60, both specimens were dry, in very poor condition.—Crabill, 7.IV.60 (Crabill handwriting); Label 3. See also slides of mouthparts. Maxillae of lectotype absent, evidently out removed by Silvestri. det. R.E. Crabill 7. V.60 (Crabill handwriting); Label 4. Schendylurus australis Silvestri, Lectotype + Paratype desig.: Crabill, 6. V.60, Hamburg —N.B. Only 2 specimens found on 7. V.60, although jar label says there should be 7. Also, the lectotype lacks maxillae, which Silvestri removed but did not include in jar (Crabill handwriting). 1 microscope slide with a head preparation is also present (Paratypus Schendylurus australis Silv. desig.: R. Crabill 7. V.60 Hamburg).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 63, No. 36. Syntypes 2.

Type status. Note on file card: “ lectotype and paralectotype design.: Crabill, 7.5.1960 ”. Pereira & Minelli (1995) re-described this species from the paralectotype held at the ZMH and also listed the lectotype, thereby accepting Crabill’s type designations. Note that 3 types are present at the ZMH contra Weidner (1960).

Collection remarks. The specimens were collected by the German medical doctor and entomologist Hans Brauns (1857–1929).

Current systematic position. Schendylops australis (Silvestri, 1907).

Order Lithobiomorpha Pocock, 1895

A total of 49 type specimens belonging to 12 original type species or subspecies are preserved at the ZMH. No type material has been lost.