A generic homonym concerning chordeumatid millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) and ophellid worms (Annelida: Polycheata)
Author
Brewer, Michael S.
Author
Sierwald, Petra
Author
Bond, Jason E.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2744
65
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.206684
fe0f30fd-0214-4437-8ea2-cd5d02e4192d
1175-5326
206684
Euzonus collulum
Menge, 1854
Euzonus collulum
Menge, 1854
: 14
. Prussian/Baltic Amber
Euzonus collulum
—
Bronn,
1853
–56: 623
Euzonus zonatus
(err. pro
collulum
)—
Giebel, 1856
: 487
. Prussian/Baltic Amber
Euzonus collulum
—
Scudder, 1885
: 731
, listed horizon as Ligurian
Euzonus collulum
—
Scudder, 1886a
: 730
,
non vidi
,
fide
Scudder, 1891
:239
Euzonus collulum
—
Scudder, 1886b
: 17
Euzonus collulum
—
Scudder, 1891
: 239
Euzonus zonatus
Giebel, 1856
—
Scudder, 1891
:239
, erroneously citing Giebel as the author for a second species in the genus.
Euzonus collulum
—Hoffman, 1969: R594.
The genus
Euzonus
contains a single species known from Baltic amber.
Giebel (1856)
cites
Euzonus zonatus
with Menge as the species’ author and as the only species included in the genus
Euzonus
. He clearly referred to Menge’s description of
E
.
collulum
, listing the correct page number of the first description.
Scudder (1886b:17)
and Hoffman (1969) listed only
collulum
as a member of the genus. However,
Scudder (1891: 239)
listed two species in the genus
Euzonus
, attributing
Euzonus zonatus
to
Giebel, 1856
. The
type
specimen of
Euzonus collulum
may be preserved in Menge’s collection that was apparently deposited in the
Westpreußische Provinzialmuseum
, Danzig (Gdańsk,
Poland
, see
Bronn
1853
–1856: 623).
Dunlop (2006: 168)
reported that Menge’s material was dispersed after the second world war in several collections.
The family name Lysiopeltidae, as used by
Scudder (1886b
,
1891
), is an error for the family name Lysiopetalidae (=
Callipodidae
) and is not an available name (ICZN, Article 19).