Geophilus michaelseni Attems

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 : 14

5. Geophilus michaelseni Attems , 190­3

Attems 1903b: 245–246, plate 14, figs. 39, 40 (as Geophilus (Eurytion) michaelseni n. sp.); see also Attems 1903a: 80

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Valparaiso (Gärten [gardens] und Viña del mar., Dr. Michaelsen coll.) .

Dimensions. Länge [length] 45 mm. ♂ mit 63–67, ♀ mit 73 Beinpaaren [leg pairs].

Type material. Syntypes 3 ( ZMH-A0000559 , ZMH-A0006384 ). CHILE : Valparaiso [ca. 33°03’S, 71°37’W]; ( ZMH-A0000562 ) , Valparaiso, Viña del mar [ca. 33°00’S, 71°31’W] .

Preservation. 2 jars. Jar 1 ( ZMH-A 0000559, ZMH-A 0006348): Label 1. 12. Valparaiso, Gärten. Coll. Michaelsen. 14. V.93; Label 2. SYNTYPES Geophilus michaelseni Attems Chile: Valparaiso; Label 3. Head, mouthparts, and posterior trunk segments of body of specimen “A” evidently removed by Attems.— R. Crabill, 1962. Jar 2 ( ZMH-A 0000562): Label 1. Geophilus Michaelseni Att. Typus. Coll. Michaelsen 9. VI.93 Valparaiso; Label 2. Valparaiso, Viña del mar. Coll. Michaelsen. 9. VI.93; Label 3. Vorsicht! 2 Exemplare in Stücken!

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 62, No. 19. Syntypes 3.

Type status. Attems (1903b) did not give the number of specimens in his original description. Weidner (1960: 62) listed 3 syntypes and 3 microscope slides at the ZMH (note on file card: “1 Präp., 1 Syntypus B, Chile, Valparaíso Attems det.; Crabill rev. 1961; 2 Präp., (Typen?) Chile, Coqurimbo, 2.6.1906, R. Paessler.”). All specimens are syntypes.

Collection remarks. The specimens were collected by Wilhelm Michaelsen during his expedition to the southern tip of South America 1892–93.

Current systematic position. Plateurytion michaelseni (Attems, 1903) ; transferred to to this genus by Bonato et al. (2007: 6).