Allothereua maculata (Newport, 1844)

Material.

3 specimens; ZMB 3835; “Adelaide” [Australia]; leg. Zietz (or Hintz?). 1 specimen; ZMB 5140; "136 Harvey" [Western Australia]; leg. Süd-West Australien Expedition (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer); det. Carl von Attems; 27.VII.1905. 1 specimen; ZMB 5140; “Mundijong” [Western Australia]; leg. Süd-West Australien Expedition (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer); det. Carl von Attems; 21.IX.1905. 1 specimen; ZMB 5140; “Bridgetown” [Western Australia]; leg. Süd-West Australien Expedition (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer); det. Carl von Attems; 30/31.VII.1905. 1 specimen; ZMB 5140; “Brancaster” [Western Australia]; leg. John M. Whistler; det. Carl von Attems; 14.III.1910. 1 specimen; ZMB 5140; "S.W. Australien"; leg. Süd-West Australien Expedition (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer); 1905. 1 specimen; unnumbered; “Collie” [Western Australia]; leg. Süd-West Australien Expedition (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer); det. Carl von Attems; 26.VIII.1905.

Remarks.

The collector of ZMB 3835 could either be an A. H. Zietz who was ca. 1892-1908 Assistant Director of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, or a Eugene Hintz who collected beetles and other arthropods for the Berlin museum. Much of the material of this species stems from a 1905 expedition to southwest Australia by Wilhelm Michaelsen (1860-1937) and Robert Hartmeyer (1874-1923). The latter was from 1900 an assistant (later from 1908 curator) in Berlin for marine groups like bryozoans and echinoderms.