An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg
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Thofern, Detlef
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Dupérré, Nadine
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Harms, Danilo
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Zootaxa
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120.
Scolopendra canidens africana
Verhoeff
, 1908
Verhoeff 1908: 273–274
(as
Scolopendra canidens
Newp. var.
africana
Verh.
)
Type
locality and specimens.
Djebel Gorseba
bei
Somja
[
Libya
], 16.
Sept
.
Dimensions.
Ein Stück von
39 mm
Länge [
1 specimen
, length
39 mm
].
Type material.
Holotype
(
ZMH-A0000628
).
LIBYA
:
Somja
,
Djebel Gorseba
? [ca.
32°53’N
,
13°11’E
for
Tripoli
].
Preservation.
1 jar: Label 1. Djebel Gorbeka bei Sanja.
16. September 1906
Klapktocz; Label 2.
Scolopendra canidens
Newp. var.
africana
Verh. B. Klapstocz
leg. 1906. Tripolitanien; Label 3.
Scolopendra canidens
[Hambg]
var.
africana
Verh.
(pencil); Label 4. “
Scolopendra canidens
Newp. var.
africana
Verh.
” Tripolis, Djebel bei Sanja. 16.09. (imprint: Dr. B. Klaptocz leg. 1906. K.W. Berhoeff publ. 1908. Fr. Werner vend. 26.10.16.). Label 5.
Scolopendra canidens canidens
(imprint: det. M. Würmli, 1974).
Old
type
catalogue.
Not
listed
.
Taxonomic remarks.
Kraepelin (1903: 248)
synonymized
S. dalmatina
var.
africana
Verhoeff
and
S. mediterrana
var.
africana
Verhoeff
with
S. canidens
but this was before this
variety was
published.
Akkari
et al.
(2008: 80)
reviewed
S. canidens
and its synonyms but the present taxon was not listed.
Collection remarks.
The
type
locality is uncertain.
That
said, “
Djebel Gorseba bei Somja
” may refer to a place near the city of
Tripoli
,
Libya
.
The
specimens were collected by the
Austrian
zoologist
Bruno Klaptocz
(1882–1908) during his expedition to
Tripoli
and
Barka
1906
.
Current systematic position.
Scolopendra canidens africana
Verhoeff, 1908
.