Sphenodonema

Dunlop, Jason A., Friederichs, Anja & Langermann, Jasmin, 2017, A catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, Zoosystematics and Evolution 93 (2), pp. 281-295 : 287

Sphenodonema spp.

Material.

3 dry specimens in poor condition (all labelled as Pselliophora ). (a) Para, Brasil; leg Bertram, 1975. (b) “Ceylon” [Sri Lanka]; leg Nietner. (c) Zanzibar [Tanzania]; leg. Hildebrandt.

Remarks.

The collector of the Sri Lankan material was Johannes Nietner (1828-1874), a gardener in the botanical garden in Paradeniya. Note that the identification of the Sri Lankan specimen should be treated with caution (G. Edgecombe, pers. comm.) as this would represent a considerable range extension both for the genus and the family Pselliodid as a whole.