Scolopocryptops miersii peruanus

Dimensions. Erwachsene von 50 – 53 mm [adults range from 50 to 53 mm].

Verhoeff 1951: 65, figs 86 – 88 (as S. miersii, peruanus n. subsp.)

Type loccality and specimens. Südperu [Southern Peru], Rio Yukaes [Río Yauca], 2500 m, 26.4.1936.

Type material. Syntypes. PERU: Arequipa Region, Rió Yauca [ca. 15 ° 42 ’ S, 74 ° 31 ’ W]. Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 71, No. 88, Syntypes. Collection remarks. The specimens were collected during the Hamburger Südperu-Expeditio n in 1936 and come from “ Urwald unter Steinen und unter Rinde ” [rainforest under rocks and tree bark]. Additional remarks. Verhoeff did not specifiy the number of specimens but the entire series was destroyed by fire in World War II (Weidner, 1960). Current systematic position. Dinocryptops miersii peruanus (Verhoeff, 1941). Order Scutigeromorpha Pocock, 1895