Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793)

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 : 290

Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793)

Material.

2 specimens (as S. nobilis (Templeton, 1843)); ZMB 93; “Ceylon” [Sri Lanka]; leg. Nietner. 3 specimens; ZMB 219; "Rambodde, Ceylon" [Sri Lanka]; leg. 1 specimen (as Scutigera templetoni Humbert, 1865); ZMB 5116; “Ceylon” [Sri Lanka] Escherich, 12.VIII.1911. 1 dry specimen; unnumbered; locality, collector and date not recorded (as T. decipiens Verhoeff, 1905). 1 specimen; ZMB 13180; "Swela, Lombok" [Indonesia]; leg. Sunda–Expedition Rensch; 1927. 1 specimen; ZMB 13757; "Central Sumatra" [Indonesia]; leg. Moszkowski, 1907; det. G. Edgecombe.

Remarks.

ZMB 5116 was discovered in a termite mound belonging to the species Odontotermes redemanni (Wasmann): "Im Hügel von Termes redemanni ". The collector was the forester and entomologist Karl Escherich (1871-1951) who authored a work about the termites and ants of Sri Lanka. The collector of 13180 was Bernhard Rensch (1900-1990) who worked in the Berlin Museum from 1925-1937 and took part in the 1927 Sunda Expedition. The collector of 13757 was Max Moszkowski, a physician who travelled in Sri Lanka and Sumatra in 1907 and later in New Guinea.