Ottobius irikensis Chamberlin, 1958

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 : 39

47. Ottobius irikensis Chamberlin, 1958

Chamberlin 1958: 19-20 (3-4), fig. 3 (as Ottobius irikensis sp. n.)

Type locality and specimens. Locality. - Iraq: Geli Alibek. Two ♂ taken April 21, 1958 .

Dimensions. No data available.

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( ZMH-A0000709 ). IRAQ: Erbil Governorate (Iraqi Kurdiastan), Geli Ali Beg [36°37’53’’N, 44°26’46’’E].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Ottobius irikensis Chamberl. 1♂ Holotypus (imprint: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg); Label 2. Ottobius irikensis Holotype; Label 3. Irak, C. Kosswig leg. Eing: Nr. 9.1958 (imprint); Label 4. Lithobius (s. str.) irikensis (Chamber.) M. Zapparoli det. IX. 1997 (with the imprint: M. Zapparoli det.).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 72, No. 9. Holotype ♂.

Collection remarks. The specimen was collected by Curt Kosswig (1903–1982), a former Professor of Zoology at the Universität Hamburg.

Current systematic position. Lithobius irikensis ( Chamberlin, 1958) according to Bonaldo et al. (2016).