Ballophilus braunsi Silvestri, 1907

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 : 29

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scientific name	Ballophilus braunsi Silvestri
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29. Ballophilus braunsi Silvestri View in CoL , 1907

Silvestri 1907: 244–245, figs. 36–41 (as Ballophilus braunsi sp. n.)

Type locality and specimens. Habitat: Port Elizabeth, Dr. H. Brauns leg.

Dimensions. Pedum paria [leg pairs] ♀ 59–61. Long. corp. [body length] mm 25.

Type material. Syntypes 2 ( ZMH-A0000537 , ZMH-A0008150 ). SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape Province, Port Elizabeth [33°57’29’’S, 25°36’00’’E] GoogleMaps .

Preservation. 1 jar with 1 vial. Jar 1 ( ZMH-A 0000537): Label 1. Ballophilus braunsi Silv. Co —Typus, D. H. Brauns l. Port Elizabeth., d. 15.XII.98, Silv. Det; Label 2. Ballophilus braunsi Silv Cotype ! Port Elizabeth—Brauns. Vial ( ZMH-A 0008150): Label. Syntype Ballophilus braunsi Silv. , “Crabill Port Elizabeth—Brauns” (Crabill handwriting).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960): p. 61, No. 2. Syntypes 2.

Type status. Silvestri (2007) did not specify the number of specimens in his original description and all specimens are syntypes.

Collection remarks. The specimens were collected by the German medical doctor and entomologist Hans Brauns (1857–1929).

Current systematic position. Ballophilus braunsi Silvestri, 1907 .