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Lithobius orotavae

Lithobius orotavae

Latzel, 1885

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Dimensions. Longit. corp. [body length] 13 mm, lat. [width] 2 mm.
Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine, Harms, Danilo (2021): An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Zootaxa 4977 (1): 1-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1
Latzel 1895: 114, 117 (as Lithobius orotavae n. sp.)
Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine, Harms, Danilo (2021): An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Zootaxa 4977 (1): 1-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1
Type locality and specimens. Patria [homeland]: Teneriffa insula [Tenerife], prope oppidum Orotavam [near the town of La Orotava].
Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine, Harms, Danilo (2021): An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Zootaxa 4977 (1): 1-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1
Type material. Syntypes 2 (ZMH-A 0000697, ZMH-A 0008174). SPAIN: Tenerife (Canary Islands), La Orotava [ca. 28 ° 15 ’ N, 16 ° 34 ’ W]. Preservation. 1 jar and 2 vials. Jar label: Lithobius orotavae Latzel, 1 Holotype, 1 Paratype (printed label: Zool. Museum Hamburg). Vial 1 (ZMH-A 0000697): Label 1. Lithobius orotavae Latzel, 1895, Lectotypus, M. Zapparoli des. 1986; Label 2. Lithobius melanops Newport, M. Zapparoli des. 1986). Vial 2 (ZMH-A 0008174): Label 1. Lithobius orotavae Latzel, 1895, Paralectotypus, M. Zapparoli des. 1986 (imprint); Label 2. Lithobius melanops Newport, M. Zapparoli des. 1986. Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 72, No. 5. Holotype, 1 paratype. Type status. Latzel noted that only two (probably juvenile) specimens were available. The ZMH specimens are these syntypes. Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Lithobius melanops (Newport, 1845) according to Eason (1984: 389).
Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine, Harms, Danilo (2021): An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Zootaxa 4977 (1): 1-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1

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An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine, Harms, Danilo (2021): An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Zootaxa 4977 (1): 1-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1

Abstract

Centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) are carnivorous arthropods that live in leaf litter and soil habitats on all continents except Antarctica. Roughly 3,300 species have been described to date but the taxonomy is still progressing and requires a thorough documentation of type material and type deposits. In this paper we provide an annotated catalogue of the centipede type collection at the Zoological Museum (ZMH) in Hamburg. This collection comprises 490 type specimens belonging to 141 taxa originally described as species, subspecies and varieties. More than half of these taxa were described by the pioneering myriapodologists Carl Graf Attems (Vienna) and Karl Kraepelin (Hamburg). The collection includes material representing 93 valid species or subspecies and contains specimens predominantly from Australia (33%), Asia (22%), Africa (20%) and South America (20%). Taxonomically, the focus is on the centipede orders Scolopendromorpha (56 valid species) and Geophilomorpha (28 valid species) with fewer types for the Lithobiomorpha (8 species). A total of 48 taxa (34% of type species) have been synonymized since they were originally described and the type material for 12 additional species at the ZMH is lost. We provide a brief historical overview of this collection from its origin at the Museum Godeffroy and the Johanneum in Hamburg, including the most relevant taxonomists and collectors, followed by an annotated taxonomic catalogue with details on all species that are or were represented by type material.

Thofern D, Dupérré N, Harms D, plazi (2021). An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4977.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

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183227394
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b2e605e3-bf11-45a8-a175-ce716bccb00b
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2230173
Taxon ID
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6/10/2026
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6/10/2026
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