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Scolopendra polymorpha Wood 1861

  • 1. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. E-mail: john. hollier @ ville-ge. ch
  • 2. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria. E-mail: verena. stagl @ nhm-wien. ac. at

Description

mysteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869: 157 [Scolopendra].

Mexico altior. Unspecified series.

Saussure & Humbert (1872) gave a more detailed redescription, stating that they had several specimens collected by Botteri near Puebla. The MHNG collection contains body parts of at least ten specimens in alcohol in two jars under the name of Scolopendra mysteca. One of the jars, which contains a label stating that the specimens had been seen by Kraepelin, has the label “ Scolopendra mysteca Sss., Mexico, Mr H de Saussure.” The identification labels in the other jar have “Mexique” written on them. The specimens in the first jar are obviously syntypes, the status of those in the second jar are less clear.

A junior synonym of Scolopendra polymorpha Wood, 1861

Notes

Published as part of Hollier, John & Stagl, Verena, 2016, The Chilopoda (Myriapoda) described by Aloïs Humbert, Henri de Saussure and Leo Zehntner, pp. 227-233 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2) on page 231, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155167

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MHNG
Scientific name authorship
Wood
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Scolopendra
Species
polymorpha
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Scolopendra polymorpha Wood, 1861 sec. Hollier & Stagl, 2016

References

  • Humbert A., Saussure H. de 1869. Myriapoda nova Americana. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquee 21: 149 - 159.
  • Saussure H. de, Humbert A. 1872. Etudes sur les Myriapodes. In: Milne Edwards H. (ed.). Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale, ouvrage publie par ordre du Ministre de l'Instruction Publique. Recherches Zoologiques, publiees sous la direction de M. Milne Edwards, Membre de l'Institut. Sixieme partie, seconde section. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 211 pp.