The Chilopoda (Myriapoda) described by Aloïs Humbert, Henri de Saussure and Leo Zehntner
Author
Hollier, John
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. E-mail: john. hollier @ ville-ge. ch
john.hollier@ville-ge.ch
Author
Stagl, Verena
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria. E-mail: verena. stagl @ nhm-wien. ac. at
verena.stagl@nhm-wien.ac.at
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Revue suisse de Zoologie
2016
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.155167
0035-418
155167
ferox
Saussure & Zehntner, 1897
: pl. 12, fig. 4 [
Cormocephalus
].
Illustration without description.
Saussure
&
Zehntner
(1902: 320-321)
gave a description, stating that they had many specimens, and the locality information “
Madagascar
,
Antananarivo
; forêt
d’Andrangoloaka
,
Sikora
(
Musée de Genève
).”
The
MHNG
collection contains at least twenty specimens in alcohol in two jars under the name
Cormocephalus ferox
. Both jars contain labels reading “
Cormocephalus ferox
S. et Z.,
Madagascar
(
Sikora
)” indicating that the specimens are
syntypes
.
One of the jars also has a label with the more specific locality “Andrangoloaka.”
Cormocephalus ferox
Saussure & Zehntner, 1902