59. Plutonium zwierleini Cavanna, 1881

Cavanna 1881: 169–178 (as Plutonium zwierleini)

Type locality and specimens. Hab[itat]. Sicilian? [Sicily, Italy] Un. spec. a Dom. Eq. Zwierlein anno 1878 prope Taorminam captum et in Mus. Florent servatum [ One specimen collected by Zwierlein 1878 near Taormina and kept in the Museum Florence] .

Dimensions. Long. max. fronte marg. pos. segm. ult. 100 mm [maximum length from the front edge to the ultimate segment 100 mm]. Lat. max. 10 mm [maximum width 10 mm].

Type material. Neotype (ZMH-A0000672). ITALY: Sicily, Palermo [ca. 38°06’N, 13°21’E].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Plutonium zwierleini Cavanna, G.H. Martens d. 16. V.1898, Palermo Sizilien; Label 2. Plutonium zwierleinii Cavanna (imprint: Zool. Museum Hamburg). Label 3; Scolopendromorpha: Cryptodiae: Plutoniuminae Plutonium zwierleini Cavanna NEOTYPE Sig. Shelley, 1996 (typewriting).

Old type catalogue. Not listed .

Type status. Shelley (1997: 103) designated the neotype. The ZMH file card reads: “Verliehen [loan] 1971 an [to] R. E. Crabill, 1989 an [to] R.M., Label: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae: Plutoniuminae Plutonium zwierleini Cavanna NEOTYPE Sig. Shelley, 1996.”

Collection remarks. This type was donated by the German ornithologist Gustav Heinrich Martens (1842– 1912).

Current systematic position. Plutonium zwierleini Cavanna, 1881 .