Tygarrup javanicus Attems, 1929

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 : 26-27

26. Tygarrup javanicus Attems, 1929

Attems 1929: 152 (as T. javanicus Att. 1907 Mecistocephalus spissus, Attems (nec Wood) in: Mt. Mus. Hamburg, v. 24 p. f. 8, 9.)

Type locality and specimens. Java: Buitenzorg [today Bogor], Tjibodas [Cibodas], Tjompea [Ciampea] .

Dimensions. Länge bis [length up to] 20 mm, Breite nicht ganz [width nearly] 1 mm. 45 Beinpaare [leg pairs].

Type material. Syntypes 6. INDONESIA: West Java: ( ZMH-A0000550 , ZMH-A0008146 ), Ciampea [ca. 6°33’S, 106°41’E]; ( ZMH-A0008144–8145 ); Cibodas [ca. 6°30’S, 107°00’E]; ( ZMH-A0008147 –A0008148); Bogor (Botanical Garden) [6°35’40’’S, 106°47’21’’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar and 3 vials. Vial 1 ( ZMH-A 0008144–8145): Label 1. Lectotype and Paralectotypes, Tygarrup javanicus Attems, Selected : R. Crabill 13.VIII.1962 (Crabill handwriting); Label 2. Mecistocephalus spissus Wood, Krpln C. 28.III.04, Tjibodas Java (Kraepelin handwriting). Vial 2 ( ZMH-A 0000550, ZMH-A 0008146): Label 1. Paralectotypes Tygarrup javanicus Attems, Selected : R. Crabill 13.VIII.1962 (Crabill handwriting); Label 2. Mecistocephalus spissus Wood, Krpln C. 11.III.04, Tjompea Wald Java, gesiebt (Kraepelin handwriting). Vial 3 ( ZMH-A 0008147–A0008148): Label 1. Paralectotypes Tygarrup javanicus Attems, Selected : R. Crabill 13.VIII.1962 (Crabill handwriting); Label 2. Mecistocephalus spissus Wood, Krpln C. 12.III.04, Buitenzorg Bot. G. (Kraepelin handwriting).

Old type catalogue. Not listed .

Type status. Attems (1929) did not state the number of specimens in his original description. This species is not listed in the catalogues by Weidner (1960) and Rack (1974) but 3 microscope slides, representing type material, are held at the ZMH (note on file card: “3 Präp., Lectotypus, R.E. Crabill rev. und präp. 1962. Das Tier entnahm er dem Alkohol-Material, das Attems ursprünglich als Mecistocephalus spissus Wood (siehe dort) determiniert u. 1907 publiziert hat, später (1929) als eigene Art erkannte. [The specimen was taken by Crabill from the alcohol material that was originally determined and published 1907 by Attems as Mecistocephalus spissus (Wood) but recognized as a new species in 1929.]”). The specimens are interpreted here as syntypes.

Collection remarks. The specimens were collected by Karl Kraepelin during his voyage to India and Java 1903–04. The specimens from Ciampea were taken in forest habitat (“ Wald ”)

Current systematic position. Tygarrup javanicus Attems, 1929 .