Cormocephalus spinulosus 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 : 59

91. Cormocephalus spinulosus Attems, 1928

Attems 1928: 290–291, fig. 9 (as Cormocephalus spinulosus nov. spec.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Okasise bei Okahandja, Deutsch-Südwestafrica [ German Southwest Africa]. ( ZINSKI leg. 1914. Hamburger Museum.) .

Dimensions. Länge bis [length up to] 65 mm.

Type material. Syntypes 3 ( ZMH-A0000616 , ZMH-A0009324-9325 ). NAMIBIA: Otjozondjupa Region, Okasise [21°53’S, 16°30’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Cormocephalus sp. Okasise bei Okahandja D.SW.Afr. v. [Rudho Busch] - Zinski d. 29. VII.14; Label 2. Cormocephalus multispinosus Att. Type; Label 3. Graf Attems, Wien determ. 1928–1934 (imprint).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 67, No. 33. Holotype.

Taxonomic remarks. Attems (1928) did not specify the number of specimens in his description and all specimens are syntypes.

Collection remarks. The town of Okasise was part of a former German settlement which was to become German Southwest Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrica) from 1884 to 1918.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Cormocephalus multispinosus ( Attems, 1909) according to Schileyko & Stagl (2004: 98) who analysed variability within a larger series of this species.