Perustigmus rapax Verhoeff, 1941

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 : 85-86

151. Perustigmus rapax Verhoeff, 1941

Verhoeff 1941: 63, figs 77–81 (as P. rapax n. sp.)

Type loccality and specimens. Südperu [Southern Peru], Sivia am [at the] Apurimac, 520 m, 13.5.1936 ; Uferzone des Apurimac [Apurimac river bank], 14.5.1936 .

Dimensions. Entwickeltes Stück von 56 mm [adult specimen is 56 mm].

Type material. Holotype, 1 paratype. PERU: Ayacucho Region, Sivia [ca. 12°30’S, 73°51’W].

Old type caltalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 70, No, 70. Holotype, paratype 1.

Collection remarks. The specimens were collected during the Hamburger Südperu-Expedition in 1936 and come from “ Urwald unter Steinen und unter Rinde ” [rainforest under rocks and tree bark]. Apurimac refers to the Río Apurímac.

Additional remarks. The specimens were destroyed by fire in World War II ( Weidner 1960).

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Cormocephalus andinus ( Kraus, 1957) ; see Perustigmus alticolus Verhoeff, 1941 .