An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg
Author
Thofern, Detlef
hofern@web.de
Author
Dupérré, Nadine
0000-0003-2195-878X
uperre@uni-hamburg.de
Author
Harms, Danilo
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-27
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127.
Scolopendra laeta viridis
Kraepelin
, 1908
Kraepelin 1908: 126
(as
Sc. laeta
var.
viridis
n. v.
)
Type
locality and specimens.
Diese Varietät ist namentlich im
Süden
an der Koombana Bay (Stat. 146, Boyanup; Stat. 144, Bridgetown; Stat. 142, Bunbury; Stat. 139, Brunswick; Stat 137, Collie; Stat. 136, Harvey; Stat. 135, Yarloop) verbreitet, geht aber bis in die Gegend von Perth (Stat. 127, Mundijong; Stat. 101, Mudaring Weir) wo daneben dann aber auch Exemplare auftreten, bei denen namentlich die Rückenplatten der hinteren Segmente an den Seitenrändern weisslich erscheinen und so den Uebergang zur folgenden Varietät darstellen (Stat. 98, Wooroloo; Stat. 123, Cannington; Stat. 152, Gooseberry Hill; Stat. 155 York). [This variation is found in the south at the Koombana Bay (station 146, Boyanup …) but goes up to the Perth region (station 127, Mundijong…) where specimens occur with white margins of the posterior tergites…].
Dimensions.
No data available.
Type material.
Syntypes
27.
AUSTRALIA
:
Western Australia
: (
ZMH-A0000632
,
ZMH-A0009390-9404
)
,
Boyanup
(station 146) [ca.
33°28’S
,
115°43’E
]; (
ZMH-A0009405-9413
)
,
Harvey
(station 136) [ca.
33°04’S
,
115°54’E
]; (
ZMH-A0009369
)
,
Mundijong
[ca.
32°17’S
,
115°59’E
]; (
ZMH-A0009370
)
, Wooroloo (station 98) [ca.
31°48’S
,
116°18’E
].
Preservation.
4 jars. Jar 1 (
ZMH-A
0000632,
ZMH-A
0009390-9404): Label 1. Hamb.S.W.Austral.Exp. 1905 146 Boyanup 1./8.VIII. (imprint); Label 2.
Scolopendra laeta viridis
Krpln
Typus
Boyanup W.Austr. Coll. Michaelsen
VI
.08 (Kraepelin handwriting). Jar 2 (
ZMH-A
0009405-9413): Label.
Scol. laeta
viridis
Krpln Harvey, W.Austr. Coll. Michaelsen VI.
08 (Kraepelin handwriting). Jar 3 (
ZMH-A
0009369): Label 1.
Scolop.
laeta
viridis
Krpln Mundijong, W.Austr. Coll. Michaelsen VI.
08 (Kraepelin handwriting); Label 2. Hamb.S.W.Austral.Exp. 1905 127 Mundijong 21.IX. (imprint). Jar 4 (
ZMH-A
0009370): Label.
Scolop.
laeta
viridis
Krpln Uebergang
zu
fasciata
, Wooroloo, W.Austr. Coll. Michaelsen VI.
08 (Kraepelin handwriting).
Old type catalogue.
Weidner (1960)
, p. 71, No. 81.
Syntypes
10 and
paratypes
(number not specified).
Taxonomic remarks.
Kraepelin (1908)
did not specifiy the number of specimens in his description and
Weidner (1960: 71)
listed
10 syntypes
from Boyanup and ‘paratypes’ (on file card
9 paratypes
are documented) from Harvey, Mundijong and Wooroloo.
Koch (1982)
lists this taxon as a colour morph of
S. laeta
.
Additional material.
There is a
syntype
from Collie at the
ZMB
(no. 4656)
.
Collection remarks.
The specimens were collected by Wilhelm Michaelsen during his expedition to
Western Australia
1905.
Current systematic position.
Junior synonym of
Scolopendra laeta
(
Haase, 1887
)
according to
Koch (1982: 127)
.