Cryptops sulcatus Haase, 1887

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 : 42

55. Cryptops sulcatus Haase, 1887

Fig. 10C

Haase 1887: 80, fig V, 83. (as Cryptops sulcata n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Patria [homeland]: Australia. Es lagen die auch von Kohlrausch untersuchten Stücke des Mus. Hamburg (Mus. Godeffroy 14.943) aus Sidney und Rockhampton vor [The specimens of the Museum Hamburg [Museum Godeffroy 14,943] from Sydney and Rockhampton, examined by Kohlrausch, were also present.].

Dimensions. Long. corp. [body length] 26 mm.

Type material. Syntype ( ZMH-A0000668 ). AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Rockhampton , [ca. 23°22’S, 150°30’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Cryptops austra [lis] Mus. God. 53 Roc[khampton]; Label 2. Cryptops sulcata Haase, Orig. zu australis Kohlr. nec Newp. M.G. 14943 Rockhampton; Label 3. Cryptops haasei Att. sulcatus Haase (Orig. zu australis Kohlr ) M.G. Rockhampton; Label 4. Cryptops vetustus Haase , Type (pencil). Godeffroy label 14943.

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 67, No. 39. Holotype.

Taxonomic remarks. The nomenclature for this species is confusing. Kohlrausch (1881: 127) originally described 25 specimens from Sydney and Rockhampton from the Godeffroy collections as C. australis Newport, 1845 . Haase (1887) disagreed and re-described these specimens as a new species C. sulcata Haase, 1887 . Attems (1903a: 105) noted that this name was preoccupied and changed it to C. haasei Attems, 1903 . Bonato et al. (2016) lists C. sulcatus as a replacement name for C. australis Kohlrausch, 1881 (which would also be a preoccupied name) but we emphasize that Kohlrausch never described the Godeffroy specimens as a new species and identified the samples as C. australis sensu Newport. A name C. australis Kohlrausch, 1881 was therefore never proposed and the present specimen is the type of C. sulcatus and not C. australis . Note also that Weidner lists „ Cryptops australis Kohlrausch 1886 [sic!], 127 (nec. Newport 1845), Australien, Rockhampton, Holotype (Museum Godeffroy Nr. 14943)” in his catalogue (p. 67) but also Cryptops sulcata Haase, 1887 for the same specimen (p. 68). It seems that he was aware of the name change.

We treat the present specimen as a syntype because additional specimens from Rockhampton and Sydney were offered for sale in the Godeffroy Sales Catalogue VII ( Schmeltz 1879: 82) and are likely present in other collections. Kohlrausch lists 20 specimens from Sydney and 5 from Rockhampton which were almost certainly sold to other museums .

Collection remarks. The specimen was collected by Amalie Dietrich who collected in this region on behalf of the Godeffroy estate between 1864 and 1866 ( Bischoff 1913).

Current systematic position. Cryptops haasei (Attems, 1903) ; see Attems (1903a: 105).

Figures

FIGURE 10­. A. Lithobius filicium Attems, 1901. Holotype ♀ (ZMH-A0003526). B. Lithobius teneriffae Latzel, 1895. Syntype (ZMH-A000705). C. Cryptops sulcatus Haase, 1887. Syntype (ZMH-A0000668). Scale bars: 1.0mm.