The identity of Australia's northern-most giant pill-millipedes (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida)
Author
Wesener, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2014
3861
4
363
368
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3861.4.6
033ad26f-d9b8-4484-a1c5-64fd19bd8973
1175-5326
224773
C60DA504-8CAB-4C61-8E5E-3392A27E88BD
Synonymy of
C. albertisii
(
Silvestri, 1895
)
and
C. larvalis
(
Butler, 1878
)
The unique characters of
C. larvalis
, the female vulva and the increased number of apical cones of the antennae, are also present in the two females of the
type
series of
C. albertisii
. These similarities along with the close proximity of Somerset to the Torres Strait islands, and the fact that all expeditions to the Torres Strait islands stopped (and collected) at Somerset (see D'Albertis 1880), presents a strong argument for the synonymy of
C. albertisii
under
C. larvalis
.