Henicops oligotarsus Attems, 1911

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 : 34-35

38. Henicops oligotarsus Attems, 1911

Fig. 9

Attems 1911a: 150–151 (as Henicops oligotarsus n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundnotizen [locality notes]: Station 98, Wooroloo; Station 99, Lion Mill; Station 101, Mundaring Weir; Station 116, East Fremantle; Station 129, Jarrahdale; Station 139, Brunswick; Station 144, Bridgetown; Station 146, Boyanup; Station 152, Gooseberry Hill; Station 156, Beverley; Station 165, Albany.

Dimensions. No data available.

Type material. Syntypes 12. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: ( ZMH-A0000711 , ZMH-A0008168-8169 , ZMH-A0008176-8180 ) , Lion Mill (station 99) [ca. 31°02’S, 115°12’E]; ( ZMH-A0000712 ) , Bridgetown (station144) [ca. 33°57’S, 116°8’E]; ( ZMH-A0008170 ) , Beverley (station 156) [ca. 32°08’S, 116°53’E]; ( ZMH-A0008171- 8172 ) , Mundaring Weir (station 101) [ca. 31°57’S, 116°09’E].

Preservation. 2 jars and 6 vials. Jar 1: Vial 1 ( ZMH-A 0000711): Label 1. Nr. 99: Lion Mill. S.W. Austr.; Label 2. Syntype Henicops oligotarsus Attems, Nr. 99: Lion Mill. S.W. Austr. Vial 2 ( ZMH-A 0008168, ZMH-A 0008176- 8180): Label. Hamb.S.W.Austral. Exp. 1905, 99 Lion Mill 11. X. (imprint). Vial 3 ( ZMH-A 0008169): Label. Syntype Henicops oligotarsus Attems. Jar 2. Vial 1 ( ZMH-A 0000712): Label 1. Hamb.S.W.Austral. Exp. 1905, 144 Bridgetown, 30./31. VII (imprint); Label 2 Henicops oligotarsus n. sp., C. Attems determ. Vial 2 ( ZMH-A 0008170): Label. Henicops oligotarsus Att , 156 Beverley. Vial 3 ( ZMH-A 0008171-A0008172): Label. Henicops oligotarsus Att , 101 Mundaring Weir.

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 72, No. 2. Syntypes 9.

Type status. Attems (1911a) did not state the number of specimens in his description and all specimens are syntypes. Additional notes on file card: “ 2 syntypes Crabill rev. 1961, Dr. Edgecombe rev. 2002.”

Collection remarks. All specimens were collected by Wilhelm Michaelsen during his expedition to Western Australia 1905.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Henicops dentatus ( Pocock, 1901) according to Hollington & Edgecombe (2004: 6).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Henicops oligotarsus (Pocock, 1901). Syntype (ZMH-A0000712). Scale bar: 1.0mm.