Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934

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 : 25

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Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934
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23. Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934

Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6

Attems 1934: 310–311 (as Mesocanthus latisternus nov. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Afghanistan .

Dimensions. Länge [length] 70 mm. 83 Beinpaare [leg pairs].

Type material. Syntype ♀ ( ZMH-A0000706 ). AFGHANISTAN. No additional data [ca. 34°31’N, 69°11’E for Kabul] GoogleMaps .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Mesocanthus latisternus Att. ; Label 2. Afghanistan, Green C., X 09.; Label 3. Mesocanthus latisternus Att. (label with the imprint: Graf Attems, Wien, determ. 1928–1934).

Old type catalogue. Not listed .

Taxonomic remarks. Attems (1934) did not specify the number of specimens in his original description. This species is not listed by Weidner (1960) and Rack (1974) but the present specimen is clearly a syntype.

Current systematic position. Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934 .

Attems, C. (1934) Einige neue Geophiliden und Lithobiiden des Hamburger Museums. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 107, 310 - 317.

Rack, G. (1974) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. III. Teil (Nachtrag) Chilopoda und Progoneata. Mitteilungen des Hamburger Zoologischen Museums Hamburg, 70, 105 - 118.

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.

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FIGURE 6. A. Bothriogaster egyptiacus (Attems, 1896). Syntype (ZMH-A0000536). B. Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934. Syntype ♀ (ZMH-A0000706). Scale bars: 1.0mm.