Otostigmus reichardti Kraepelin, 1903

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 : 66

110­. Otostigmus reichardti Kraepelin , 190­3

Kraepelin 1903: 107–108 (as Otostigmus reichardti n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Kawende am Tanganyka [near Lake Tanganyika]. Mus. Berlin (REICHARDT leg.) .

Dimensions. Länge bis [length up to] 35 mm.

Type material. Syntypes 2 ( ZMH-A0000646 , ZMH-A0000647 ). TANZANIA: Lake Tanganyika (east bank), “ Kawende ” [6°33’S, 29°48’E] .

Preservation. 2 jars. Jar 1 ( ZMH-A 0000646): Label 1. Otostigus Reichardti Krpln ex typis P. Reichardt l. Kawende M. Berlin 20.III.03 (Kraepelin handwriting, pencil); Label 2. Otostigus reichardti Krpln ex typis Kawende Tanganyka Mus. Berlin 20.III.03 (Kraepelin handwriting). Jar 2 ( ZMH-A 0000647): Label 1. Otostigus reichardti Krpln ex typis Kawende Mus. Berlin C. VI.03 (Kraepelin handwriting); Label 2. Otostigus reichardti Krpln ex typis Kawende Reichardt l. Mus. Berlin C. VI.03 (Kraepelin handwriting).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 69, No. 64. Paratypes 2.

Additional material. There are syntypes from “Kawende, Tanganyka” at the ZMB (no. 3110).

Collection remarks. The type locality “ Kawende ” refers to the landscape of Uwende or Ukawende in German East-Africa (Deutsch Ostafrika), located on the east bank of Lake Tanganyika. The specimens came from the collection of the ZMB and were collected by the German explorer Paul Reichard (1854–1938) .

Current systematic position. Digitipes reichardti ( Kraepelin, 1903) ; transferred by Lewis (2004: 280). Also see Joshi & Edgecombe (2013) for further discussion on Digitipes and its distribution.