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Zephronia albertisii Silvestri 1895

Description

Synonymy of C. albertisii (Silvestri, 1895) and C. larvalis (Butler, 1878)

The unique characters of C. larvalis, the female vulva and the increased number of apical cones of the antennae, are also present in the two females of the type series of C. albertisii. These similarities along with the close proximity of Somerset to the Torres Strait islands, and the fact that all expeditions to the Torres Strait islands stopped (and collected) at Somerset (see D'Albertis 1880), presents a strong argument for the synonymy of C. albertisii under C. larvalis.

Notes

Published as part of Wesener, Thomas, 2014, The identity of Australia's northern-most giant pill-millipedes (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida), pp. 363-368 in Zootaxa 3861 (4) on page 367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/224773

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Zephronidae
Genus
Zephronia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sphaerotheriida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Silvestri
Species
albertisii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Zephronia albertisii Silvestri, 1895 sec. Wesener, 2014

References

  • Silvestri, F. (1895) Chilopodi e Diplopodi della Papuasia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova, 34, 619 - 659.
  • Butler, A. G. (1878) Descriptions of several new species of Myriopoda of the genera Sphaerotherium and Zephronia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1878 (4), 299 - 302. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1878. tb 01949. x