Otostigmus gemmifer Attems, 1928

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 : 64

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scientific name	Otostigmus gemmifer Attems, 1928
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104. Otostigmus gemmifer Attems, 1928 View in CoL

Attems 1928: 304–306, figs. 18, 19 (as Otostigmus gemmifer sp. n.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Muconge-Farm , Mungofluss [Mungo River], Kamerun [Camer- oon]. (Hamburger Museum) .

Dimensions. Länge (ohne Endbeine): Bis 55 mm [legth without ultimate legs up to 55 mm].

Type material. Syntypes 4 ( ZMH-A0000643 , ZMH-A0009331-9333 ). CAMEROON: Mungo River (“ Muconge Farm ”?) [ca. 4°50’N, 9°28‘’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Otostigmus n. sp. Att.. inermipes Por. Muconge Farm Mungo Fl. Kamerun, A Rohde v. 1. VI.06; Label 2. Otostigmus gemmifer Att. Type; Label 3. Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) gemmifer Att. Type! Zool. Anz. 78, p. 304 (imprint: Graf Attems, Wien determ. 1928–1934); Label 4. Graf Attems, Wien determ. 1928–1934 (imprint).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 69, No. 58. Syntypes 4.

Type status. Attems (1928) did not specify the number of specimens in his description and the present specimens are syntypes.

Collection remarks. The type locality refers to a former German settlement in West Africa. We were unable to georeference Muconge Farm and the coordinates refer to the Mungo River .

Current systematic position. Otostigmus gemmifer Attems, 1928 .