Scolopocryptops miersii peruanus Verhoeff, 1941

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 : 86

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scientific name	Scolopocryptops miersii peruanus Verhoeff, 1941
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152. Scolopocryptops miersii peruanus Verhoeff, 1941 View in CoL

Verhoeff 1951: 65, figs 86–88 (as S. miersii , peruanus n. subsp.)

Type loccality and specimens. Südperu [Southern Peru], Rio Yukaes [Río Yauca], 2500 m, 26.4.1936 .

Dimensions. Erwachsene von 50–53 mm [adults range from 50 to 53 mm].

Type material. Syntypes. PERU: Arequipa Region, Rió Yauca [ca. 15°42’S, 74°31’W] GoogleMaps .

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 71, No. 88, Syntypes.

Collection remarks. The specimens were collected during the Hamburger Südperu-Expeditio n in 1936 and come from “ Urwald unter Steinen und unter Rinde ” [rainforest under rocks and tree bark].

Additional remarks. Verhoeff did not specifiy the number of specimens but the entire series was destroyed by fire in World War II ( Weidner, 1960).

Current systematic position. Dinocryptops miersii peruanus ( Verhoeff, 1941) .

Order Scutigeromorpha Pocock, 1895

References

Verhoeff, K. W. (1941). Chilopoden und Diplopoden. In: Titschack, E. (Ed.), Beitrage zur Fauna Perus, Band I, C. Behre, Hamburg, pp. 5 - 72.

Weidner, H. (1960) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. III. Teil Chilopoda und Progoneata. Mitteilungen des Hamburger Zoologischen Museums Hamburg, 58, 57 - 104.