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Polybothrus praecursor alarichi

Polybothrus praecursor alarichi

Attems, 1934

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Attems 1934: 317 (as Polybothrus praecursor alarichi nov. subspec.)
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
Dimensions. Länge ohne Endbeine [length without ultimate legs] 25 mm. Breite [width] 3 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
Type locality and specimens. Fundorte [localities]: Am Busento bei Cosenza; Sapri, Golf von Policastro; Falconara Albanese; Pignola bei Potenza.
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 4. ITALY: (ZMH-A 0000698), Salerno Province, Sapri [ca. 40 ° 04 ’ N, 15 ° 37 ’ E]; (ZMH- A 0000699), Potenza Province, Pignola [ca. 40 ° 34 ’ N, 15 ° 46 ’ E] (800 m alt.); (ZMH-A 0000700, ZMH-A 0009227), Cosenza Province, Falconara Albanese [ca. 39 ° 16 ’ N, 16 ° 05 ’ E]. Preservation. 3 jars. Jar 1 (ZMH-A 0000698): Label 1. Sapri (Golf von Policastro) 5.10.1925 (imprint: Süd- Italien); Label 2. Polybothrus praecursor alarichi Attems, 1934, Paralectotyus, M. Zapparoli designavit, 1985. Jar 2 (ZMH-A 0000699): Label 1. Eupolybothrus fasciatus (Newport) M. Zapparoli det. 1985; Label 2. Polybothrus praecursor alarichi Attems, 1934, Paralectotyus, M. Zapparoli designavit, 1985; Label 3. Pignola S-W. (Potenza 800 m.) 15.10.1925 (imprint: Süd-Italien). Jar 3 (ZMH-A 0000700, ZMH-A 0009227): Label 1. Falconara Albanese 18 km westl. Cosenza 24. / 25.9.1925 (imprint: Süd-Italien); Label 2. Eupolybothrus fasciatus (Newport) M. Zapparoli det. 1985.; Label 3. Polybothrus praecursor alarichi Attems, 1934, Paralectotypi M. Zapparoli designavit, 1985. Old type catalogue. Not listed. Type status remarks. This species ist not listed in the catalogues of Weidner (1960) and Rack (1974) but 4 syntypes are documented on file cards. Zapparoli (1986) fixed the ZMH specimens as paralectotypes and the male lectotype from “ Busento bei Cosenza ” is at the NHMW. Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) fasciatus (Newport, 1845) according to Zapparoli (1986: 319). Order Scolopendromorpha Pocock, 1895 A total of 301 type specimens belonging to 88 original type species or subspecies are preserved at the ZMH. Type material belonging to five additional species is lost (see section “ Lost Type Material ”).
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 2026-06-17.

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183227403
Dataset Key
b2e605e3-bf11-45a8-a175-ce716bccb00b
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11117847
Taxon ID
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