Polygonarea repanda multipes Attems, 1911

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16. Polygonarea repanda multipes Attems, 1911

Attems 1911a: 164–165, figs. 17, 18 (as Polygonarea repanda multipes n. subsp.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundnotizen: [locality notes] Station 98, Wooroloo; Station 101, Mundaring Weir; Station 117, Fremantle, Kalkhügel; Station 131, Serpentine; Station 123, Cannington; Station 129, Jarrahdale.

Dimensions. 75–85 Beinpaare [leg pairs] (♂ 75–83, ♀ 77–85). Länge bis [length up to] 68 mm.

Type material. Syntypes 2. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: ( ZMH-A0000575 ), Fremantle (station 117) [ca. 33°03’S, 115°45’E]; ( ZMH-A0006403 ), Jarrahdale (station 129) [ca. 32°20’S, 116°04’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar and 2 vials. Vial 1 ( ZMH-A 0000575): Label. Hambg.S.W.Austral.Exp. 1905, 117 Fremantle, Kalkhügel 23. VII. (imprint). Head, posteror segments and a trunk section are stored in a microvial. Vial 2 ( ZMH-A 0006403): Label 1. Hambg.S.W.Austral.Exp. 1905, 129 Jarrahdale 19./20. IX. (imprint).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 63, No. 32. Syntypes (number not specified).

Curatorial remarks. Attems (1911a) did not specify the number of the specimens. Weidner (1960: 63) listed syntypes from Jarrahdale and Fremantle, respectively. We agree that these are syntypes.

Additional type material. There are additional syntypes (coll. W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer 1905) at the NHMW: 1 ♀ microscope slide from Serpentine (no. 7021) & 1 ♀, 1 defective slide (head, Mx) from Jarrahdale (no. 7019). Ilie et al (2009: 47) noted, “ Attems 1911a did not specify a subspecies P. repanda repanda but only P. r. multipes and P. r. conifera . See ‘Notes’ at ‘ repanda ’. 1 ♂ syntype from Wooroloo and 1 ♀ syntype from Mundaring Weir are stored at ZMB ( Moritz & Fischer 1979: 347). Syntypes from Jarrahdale are also preserved at ZMH ( Weidner 1960: 63)”. There are syntypes from Mundaring Weir and Wooroloo at the ZMB (no. 5149, 5148a–b).

Collection remarks. The specimens were collected by Wilhelm Michaelsen during his expedition to Western Australia 1905. The specimen from Fremantle was collected on a limestone hill (“ Kalkhügel ”).

Current systematic position. Ribautia repanda (Attems, 1911) ; transferred to this genus by Ribaut (1912: 86) as Ribautia repandum .