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Scutigera simplex Haase 1887

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140­. Scutigera simplex Haase, 1887

Haase 1887: 26, plate I, fig. 29 (as Scutigera simplex n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Patria [homeland]: Australia. 1 Weibchen aus Sidney [1♀ from Sydney], dem Ham- burger Museum gehörig [belonging to the Hamburg Museum] (No. 14455), von 25 mm Länge [length].

Dimensions. Long. corp. [body length] 25 mm.

Type material. Holotype ♀ (ZMH-A0000691). AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney [ca. 33°51’S, 151°12’E].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Scutigera simplex Haase Typus! MG 14455 Sidney; Label 2. Scut. [foroeps Rat.] (pencil).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 61, No. 4. Holotype ♀.

Taxonomic remarks. The taxonomic status of Scutigera simplex is still uncertain (Bonato et al. 2016). Pocock (1901) tentatively proposed it to be a synonym of Scutigera maculata (Newport, 1844) (now Allothereua maculata (Newport, 1844). Note that Pocock gave the type locality as Adelaide which is a lapsus.

Collection remarks. The specimen belonged to the private Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. No collector is given on the labels but the specimen was almost certainly collected by Eduard Dämel (1822–1900) who sampled extensively in the Sydney region from 1852 to 1858.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Allothereua maculata (Newport, 1844) according to Pocock (1901: 452).

Notes

Published as part of Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2021, An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, pp. 1-103 in Zootaxa 4977 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819677

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Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMH-A
Family
Scutigeridae
Genus
Scutigera
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
ZMH-A0000691
Order
Scutigeromorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Haase
Species
simplex
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Scutigera simplex Haase, 1887 sec. Thofern, Dupérré & Harms, 2021

References

  • Haase, E. (1887) Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Koniglichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden, 1, 1 - 118.
  • Weidner, H. (1960) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. III. Teil Chilopoda und Progoneata. Mitteilungen des Hamburger Zoologischen Museums Hamburg, 58, 57 - 104.
  • Bonato, L, Chagas Jr., A, Edgecombe, G. D., Lewis, J. G. E., Minelli, A, Pereira, L. A., Shelley, R. M., Stoev, P. & Zapparoli, M. (2016) ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Available from: http: // chilobase. biologia. unipd. it (12 Feburary 2021)
  • Pocock, R. I. (1901) The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian Continent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8, 451 - 463. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745480109443345