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Colobopleurus inopinatus Kraepelin

Description

69. Colobopleurus inopinatus Kraepelin, 190­8

Kraepelin 1908: 109–110, plate XII, fig. 12 (as Colobopleurus inopinatus n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundnotiz [locality note]: Das einzige Exemplar wurde bei Stat. 112, Karrakatta in der Nähe von Perth erbeutet [The only specimen was collected at Station 112, Karrakatta near Perth].

Dimensions. Das einzige erbeutete Exemplar dieser neuen Art ist nur 38 mm lang bei einer Dicke von fast 3 mm. [The only collected specimen of this new species shows a length of 38 mm and a width of nearly 3 mm].

Type material. Holotype (ZMH-A0000598). AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Karrakatta (station 112) [ca. 31°57’S, 115°48’E].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Hamb.S.W.Austral.Exp. 1905 112 Karrakatta 28. V. (imprint); Label 2. Colobopleurus inopinatus Krpln Typus Karrakatta bei Perth Coll. Michaelsen VI.08 (Kraepelin handwriting); Label 3. Colobopleurus inopinatus Kraepelin Typus (imprint: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 65, No. 10. Holotype.

Collection remarks. The specimen was collected by Wilhelm Michaelsen during his expedition to Western Australia 1905.

Current systematic position. Cormocephalus inopinatus (Kraepelin, 1908); transferred by Attems (1930: 109) as Cormocephalus (Colobopleurus) inopiatus.

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 pages 49-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819677

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMH-A
Material sample ID
ZMH-A0000598
Scientific name authorship
Kraepelin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Colobopleurus
Species
inopinatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype

References

  • Kraepelin, K. (1908) Scolopendridae. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.), Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band II, Lieferung 8. Scolopendridae, Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 105 - 121.
  • 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.
  • Attems, C. (1930) Myriapoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha. Das Tierreich. 54, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & Leipzig, 308 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1515 / 9783112373002