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Pselliodes vagans

Pselliodes vagans

(Verhoeff, 1905) Verhoeff, 1905

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Remarks: The African and Neotropical family Pselliodidae has never been comprehensively revised, and is still a great challenge for taxonomists interested in the systematics of the Scutigeromorpha. Two African morphotypes, P. rugosus (East Africa) and P. vagans (West Africa), can easily be distinguished solely on the basis of their coloration. Our specimens, although badly damaged, are more like the latter, hitherto known from Angola (Chinchoxo; Landana, Enclave de Cabinda), Gabon (Moanda) and Zaire (Eala, Luali, N’Gongo Bata).
Stoev, Pavel, Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2004): An annotated catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha). Zootaxa 635: 1-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158015
Type locality: Unteres Kongogebiet: Chinchoxo (Tschinschoscho), nördlich der Kongomündung. Holotype: male, Nos 3893 a – e, Prep. Nos 2617 – 2621, ZMB. Material examined: 2 specimens “ Pselliophora sp. ” J. ­ M. Demange det. 8 / 69 Africa, Guinea, Nimba 7 Cb, Environs base cote Keoulenta, Savane à Andropogon, 5. viii. 1951, M. Lamotte leg.
Stoev, Pavel, Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2004): An annotated catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha). Zootaxa 635: 1-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158015

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An annotated catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Stoev, Pavel, Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2004): An annotated catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha). Zootaxa 635: 1-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158015

Abstract

The collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) houses 16 species of scutigeromorph centipedes belonging to 10 genera of all the three hitherto known families. Two new combinations and two new synonymies are proposed: Tachythereua hispanica (Meinert, 1886) = Tachythereua maroccana var. spinosa Ribaut, 1911 New Synonym; Thereuonema microstoma (Meinert, 1886) New Combination = Thereuonema syriaca Verhoeff, 1905 New Synonym; Pselliodes rugosus (Newport, 1844) New Combination.

Key words: Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, annotated catalogue, new combinations, new synonymies, collections

Stoev P, Geoffroy J, plazi (2004). An annotated catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.158015 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 12/31/2004View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119606295
Dataset Key
220d9260-6a4c-41ff-9cc1-0fd7682f8766
Origin
source
Backbone Key
8544310
Taxon ID
039D87C7FFCA9375C51EFC8B2C752A8F.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026