On Afrauropus and Monodauropus, two African genera of Pauropoda (Myriapoda)
Author
Scheller, Ulf
Häggeboholm, Häggesled, SE- 53194 Järpås (Sweden) ulf. scheller @ telia. com
scheller@telia.com
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Zoosystema
2008
30
4
795
798
journal article
5201
10.5281/zenodo.4689998
216f128f-70e2-41e5-9168-3d0cd70d5795
1638-9387
4689998
Monodauropus mirabilis
Remy, 1953
TYPE MATERIAL
. —
Holotype
by monotypy, “Femelle 9 pp. Vuillaume 28.
VI
.51”, microscopic slide (
PMLA001
).
The collecting site in
Ivory Coast
stated in Remy’s description is “Institut intercolonial d’Adiopodoumé”, which is situated in the Abengourou Region at the road between
Abidjan
and Abengourou.
REMARKS
The coverglass has been removed long time ago and the
type
specimen could not be found.
Remy’s description states that, as distinguished from other species in
Pauropodidae Lubbock, 1867
the setae of the tergites were very thick, fusiform, annulate and yellow and that they were placed in distinctly sclerotized shields. The legs were unusually short. Remy was an able taxonomist and there is no reason to question his observations but because the
holotype
has disappeared,
Monodauropus mirabilis
has to be considered
incertae sedis
until further specimens have been collected.