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Geophilus moderatus Att. Quilpue Michaelsen 1903

Description

6. Geophilus moderatus Attems, 190­3

Fig. 4

Attems 1903b: 247–248 (as Geophilus (Eurytion) moderatus n. sp.); see also Attems 1903a: 80

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Quilpué (Dr. Michaelsen coll. 1♀.).

Dimensions. Länge [length] 40 mm, Breite [width] 1 mm. 67 Beinpaare [leg pairs] (1♀).

Type material. Holotype ♀ (ZMH-A0000563). CHILE: Marga Marga Province, Quilpué [ca. 33°03’S, 71°27’W].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Eurytion moderatum Att. Typus Coll. Michaelsen 1893 Quilpue, Att. det.; Label 2. Geophilus (Eurytion) moderatus Att. Quilpue Michaelsen; Label 3. Eurytion gracilis Gerv. col.

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 62, No. 20. Holotype ♀.

Collection remarks. This specimen was collected by Wilhelm Michaelsen during his expedition to the southern tip of South America 1892–93.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Plateurytion gracilis (Gervais, 1849) according to Silvestri (1905: 762).

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 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4819677

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMH-A
Family
Geophilidae
Genus
Geophilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
ZMH-A0000563
Order
Geophilomorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Att. Quilpue Michaelsen
Species
moderatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Geophilus moderatus Michaelsen, 1903 sec. Thofern, Dupérré & Harms, 2021

References

  • Attems, C. (1903 b) Synopsis der Geophiliden. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, 18, 155 - 302.
  • Attems, C. (1903 a) Beitrage zur Myriopodenkunde. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, 18, 63 - 154.
  • 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.
  • Silvestri, F. (1905) Fauna Chilensis. Myriapoda. Zoologische Jahrbuche r, Abteilung fur Systematik (Supplement-Band), 6, 715 - 772.