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Rhysida longicornis Pocock 1891

  • 1. Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Knossos Av., Herakleion 71409, Crete, Greece.
  • 2. Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom.

Description

12. Rhysida longicornis Pocock, 1891

Material examined. Sokotra Isl.: Kischen, 20 th September 1956, Oxford University, leg. unknown, 3 exx., BMNH?; Sokotra Isl.: Kischen, August 1956, Oxfrod University, leg. unknown, 9 exx., BMNH?; Sokotra Isl.: Kischen, September 1917, leg. unknown, 15 exx., BMNH?; Sokotra Isl.: Kischen, various dates, becoming more abundant as rains increase, 2.080 ft, No. 13, leg. unknown, 22 exx., BMNH?. (Fig. 22).

Type locality. Sokotra Isl. (Minelli et al. 2006).

General distribution. Northeast Tropical Africa: Sokotra Isl. (YE) (Minelli et al. 2006).

Notes

Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail & Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2013, Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus), pp. 169-198 in Zootaxa 3734 (2) on page 181, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/5275595

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Event date
1956-09-20
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Rhysida
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pocock
Species
longicornis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1956-09-20
Taxonomic concept label
Rhysida longicornis Pocock, 1891 sec. Simaiakis & Edgecombe, 2013

References

  • Pocock, R. I. (1891) Notes on the synonymy of some species of Scolopendridae, with descriptions of new genera and species of the group. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 7, 51 - 68, 221 - 231. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939109460598
  • Minelli, A., Bonato, L., Dioguardi, R., Chagas, J. A., Edgecombe, G. D., Lewis, J. G. E., Pereira, L. A., Shelley, R. M., Stoev, P., Uliana, M. & Zapparoli, M. (2006 and onwards). CHILOBASE. A web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy.