Acanthopetalum richii ( Gray, 1832 )

Stoev, Pavel, Sierwald, Petra & Billey, Amber, 2008, An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) *, Zootaxa 1706, pp. 1-50 : 21-22

Acanthopetalum richii ( Gray, 1832)

Craspedosoma Richii Gray, 1832 , In: Griffith and Pidgeon, The class Insecta arranged by Baron Cuvier, pl. 135, fig. 4. Type (sex and whereabouts unknown) from Malta. Gervais, 1837, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., 7: 47.

Platops Richii : Newport, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 1, 13: 267.

Lysiopetalum Richii : C.L. Koch, 1847, System der Myriapoden: 125. Gervais, 1847, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apt., 4: 133. Pocock, 1893, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 11: 248.

Lysiopetalum sicanum Berlese, 1883 Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, fasc. 6: pl. 7, figs 1–12. Male HT (whereabouts unknown) from Sicily, Italy. Synonymy proposed by Pocock (1893). Karsch, 1888, Berliner Ent. Z., 32 (1): 224. Verhoeff, 1900, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 13: 58. Verhoeff, 1910, Nova Acta, Acad. Caes. Leopold.- Carol., 92 (2): 357. Strasser, 1965, Atti Accad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania, 17: 18.

Lysiopetalum anceps Latzel, 1884 , Myriopoden Österr-Ungar. Mon., 2: 232. ST: adult F* from Trieste, Italy, 2 adult FF* from “Österreichischen Küstenlande” (NHMW). Synonymy proposed by Pocock (1893). Attems, 1929, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 56: 321. Stagl, 2006, Norw. J. Ent., 53: 227, 234.

Eurygirus [sic!] sicanus: Silvestri, 1898 , Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. Genova, 29 (4): 250.

Lysiopetalum (Acanthopetalum) argolicum Verhoeff, 1900 , Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 13: 57, Taf. IX, figs 40–41. ST: M* from Peloponnese, Greece (NHMW), slides of other syntype specimens from Larisa and Tripoliza (ZMB). Synonymy proposed by Strasser (1970a). Verhoeff, 1900, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 13: 189. Lang, 1964, Vest. Českosl. Spol. Zool., 28 (3): 238. Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 326.

Lysiopetalum (Acanthopetalum) argolicum montivagum Verhoeff, 1901 , Arch. Naturgesch., 67 (1): 257, fig. 1, see also p. 247. ST: 2 MM, 3 FF, 1 juv. (NHMW), 2 MM, 4 FF, 1 juv. (ZMB) from “Koras-Gebirge”, Greece?. Synonymy proposed by Strasser (1970a). Verhoeff, 1903, Arch. Naturgesch., 69 (1): 151. Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 342.

Acanthopetalum argolicum epiroticum Attems, 1935 , Zool. Anz., 110: 151, figs 9–10. ST: M*, slide of gonopods and legs (NHMW) from Paraskevi, Epirus, Greece. Synonymy proposed by Strasser (1970a).

Acanthopetalum verhoeffii Strasser, 1933 , Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 83: 176, figs 1–2. Male HT (whereabouts unknown) from Cherso (Cres) Island, Croatia. Synonymy proposed by Strasser (1970a). Verhoeff, 1933, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 83: 168 (nomen nudum). Strasser, 1938, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 71: 403.

Lysiopetalum (Acanthopetalum) sicanum: Verhoeff, 1900 , Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 13: 58. Verhoeff, 1939, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 72: 206, figs 1–4.

Lysiopetalum (Acanthopetalum) sicanum verhoeffii: Verhoeff, 1939 , Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 72: 207, figs 5–6.

Lysiopetalum sicanum verhoeffii: Manfredi, 1953 , Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 92: 95, 107.

Lysiopetalum (Acanthopetalum) sicanum: Strasser, 1959 , Atti Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Trieste, 21: 169. Strasser, 1966, Acta Carsol., 4: 187.

Acanthopetalum sicanum: Strasser, 1970 , Mem. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Verona, 17: 156. Strasser, 1971, Mem. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Verona, 19: 8. Strasser, 1971, Catal. Faunae Jugosl. Diplopoda: 30. Strasser, 1976, Rev. Suisse Zool., 83 (3): 593. Minelli, 1978, Animalia, 5 (1–3): 288. Strasser & Minelli, 1984, Lav. Soc. Venez. Sci. Nat., 9 (2): 204. Minelli, 1985, Mem. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Verona, 4: 14. Enghoff & Schembri, 1989, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital., 120: 168. Enghoff et al., 1993, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 109: 145. Mršiċ, 1994, Razpr. IV. Razr. SAZU, 35 (12): 237.

Acanthopetalum richii: Jeekel, 2000 , Myriapod Memor., 2: 52. Stagl & Stoev, 2005, Katal. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 19 (2): 7, 12.

Range: Slovenia, Croatia (incl. Cres Island), Greece, Italy (regions of Venezia and Puglia, also Sicily and Lipari islands),

Malta, Gozo.

Remark: see Minelli (1985) for the complete bibliography concerning the Italian cave records. The record of Karsch

(1888) is doubtful and may actually reffer to another species of Acanthopetalum .