A revision of the rugulosus group of Otostigmus subgenus Otostigmus Porat, 1876 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)
Author
Lewis, John G. E.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2579
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197572
2d6f9a2e-d8f7-4b68-915c-17246687cfe6
1175-5326
197572
Otostigmus armatus
Attems, 1953
Otostigmus armatus
Attems, 1954: 146
, fig. 15.
Laos
.
Otostigmus armatus
:
Lewis, 2004
: 27
, figs 1–7.
Remarks.
Lewis (2004)
examined three of Attems’ specimens from
Laos
and found two to be
O
. multidens
Haase, 1887
and the third probably
O
. scaber
Porat, 1876
. He was unable to examine a further two specimens in the collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna as they were too delicate to transport by post. He noted that these specimens might be the ones on which Attems based his description of
armatus
but that the problem could not then be resolved. On the advice of Sandro Minelli I here designate Lewis’s (2004)
O
. armatus
specimen 1 (an
O
. multidens
) the
lectotype
to resolve the problem. The specimen has been removed to a separate tube and so labelled by Verena Stagl.
Otostigmus armatus
then becomes a junior subjective synonym of
O
. multidens
.