Cryptops brasiliensis Attems, 1901

Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2021, An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, Zootaxa 4977 (1), pp. 1-103 : 40-41

51. Cryptops brasiliensis Attems , 190­1

Attems 1901: 112 (as Cryptops brasiliensis n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. An verfaulten Bromeliaceen aus [on rotten bromeliads from] Rio Grande do Sul, Brasilien [ Brazil] .

Dimensions. Länge [length] 23 mm, schlank [slim].

Type material. Holotype ( ZMH-A0000677 ). BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul State [30°S, 53°W].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Cryptops galatheae Mein. Orig. zu Cr. Brasiliensis Att. Lebend aus Riogrand, mit Bromel. St. f. Pflschutz d. 1. II. 99. Label 2. Cryptops brasiliensis n. sp. (imprint: An verfaulten Bromeliaceen v. Rio Grande do Sul, Brasilien. St. f. Pflanzenschutz z. d. 1.11.99.)

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 67, No. 40. Holotype.

Collection remarks. The specimen was found alive on rotten bromeliads (“ an verfaulten Bromeliaceen ”) at the “ Station für Pflanzenschutz ” in Hamburg and was shipped from the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul ( Kraepelin, 1903). According to the ICZN (1999) (art. 76.1.1) the type locality is Rio Grande du Sul in Brazil .

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Cryptops galatheae (Meinert, 1886) according to Kraepelin

(1903: 54).