Scolopendra cyrenaica Verhoeff, 1908

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 : 71

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Scolopendra cyrenaica Verhoeff
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121. Scolopendra cyrenaica Verhoeff View in CoL , 190­8

Verhoeff 1908: 274–275 (as Scolopendra cyrenaica n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Dernah , Cyrenaica, 2. Hälfte des August [Derna, Cyrenaica, Libya, Second half of August] .

Dimensions. Körper des Erwachsenen 63 mm lang [Body of adult 63 mm long].

Type material. Syntypes 3 ( ZMH-A0009518-9520 ). LIBYA: Derna [32°46’N, 22°38’E] GoogleMaps .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label. “Adolescentes wahrscheinlich Scolopendra cyrenaica . Tripolis, Dernah, 3 Expl. Verh. Dr. B. Klaptocz leg. 1906. K.W. Verhoeff publ. 2008. Fr. Werner vend. 26.10.16. Das public. ♂ hier nicht eingegangen“.

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 70, No. 77. Paratypes 2.

Remarks. Verhoeff mentions 1 adult specimen and 3 subadults. The description is based on the adult specimen and the three juveniles are listed in the distribution section. We interprete all specimens as syntypes but also note that the adult was never lodged at the ZMH. The file card states M. Würmli rev. 1974: Keine Typen! Es handelt sich um S. canidens candidens [Not types! Specimens belong to S. canidens canidens ]. All specimens were collected by Dr. Bruno Klaptocz from Vienna.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of S. canidens (Newport, 1844) according to Würmli (1980: 317).

Verhoeff, K. W. (1908) Uber Chilopoden und Isopoden aus Tripolis und Barka gesammelt von Dr. Bruno Klaptocz. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, 26, 257 - 284.

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.

Wurmli, M. (1980) Statistische Untersuchungen zur Systematik und postembryonalen Entwicklung der Scolopendra candidens Gruppe (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopedridae). Sitzungsberichte der osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 189, 315 - 353.