Escaryus sibiricus Cook, 1899

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 : 30

32. Escaryus sibiricus Cook, 1899

Fig. 8A

Cook 1899: 304 footnote (as Escaryus sibiricus )

Type locality and specimens. Escaryus sibiricus is represented by numerous specimens collected by Graeser at Vladivostok, Siberia, now preserved in the Hamburg Museum .

Dimensions. No data available.

Type material. Syntypes 10 ( ZMH-A0008154-8163 ). RUSSIA: Siberia , Eastern Federal District, Vladivostock [ca. 43°08’N, 131°54’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar and 10 vials. Jar label 1: Lectotype & Paralectotypes. Geophilus sibiricus Cook. Siberia : Vladivostock. Graesser, leg. Zoologisches Staatsinstitut Hamburg (printed). Vial 1 ( ZMH-A 0008154): Label. Lectotype Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 2 ( ZMH-A 0008155): Label. Paralectotype A Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 3. ( ZMH-A 0008156): Label. Paralectotype B Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 4. ( ZMH-A 0008157): Label. Paralectotype C Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 5. ( ZMH-A 0008158): Label. Paralectotype D Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 6. ( ZMH-A 0008159): Label. Paralectotype E Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 7. ( ZMH-A 0008160): Label 1. Paralectotype F Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62; Label 2. - F- S 1 ♂. Vial 8. ( ZMH-A 0008161): Label. Paralectotype G Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 9. ( ZMH-A 0008162): Label. Paralectotype H Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62. Vial 10. ( ZMH-A 0008163): Label. Paralectotype I Geophilus sibiricus Ck. Crabill : III. 62.

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 62, No. 7. Syntypes (number not specified).

Type status. Cook (1899) mentions examining numerous specimens from Vladivostok at ZMH but did not designate a holotype. Weidner (1960: 62) listed all syntypes from Vladivostok. Note on file card: Geophilus sibiricus Cook. 10 Expl., Sibiria: Vladiwostock Graesser leg., Kraepelin det.: Scolioplanes sulcatus . Mislabelled— E. sibiricus (pencil). 7 microscope slides are held at the ZMH (2 slides are labelled Escaryus Vladivostock Hamburg Mus., 4 slides are labelled “ paralectotype B Escaryus sibiricus Cook ” and 1 slide is labelled “ paratype A Escaryus sibiricus Cook ”). All specimens are syntypes.

Additional type material. There are syntypes 1♀, 1♂ complete, 1 slide (head, Mx) from Russia, Vladivostok (coll. Graeser, don. Hamburg Museum) at the NHMW (no. 7059). Ilie et al. (2009: 53) noted: “The sample at NHMW has a label in Attems’ handwriting ‘ Escaryus sibiricus Wladiwostok Hamb. M’. In his catalogue Attems specified the samples as ‘ Escaryus sibiricus / Wladiwostok, ♂ ♀, acquired 1903, donated by Hamb. Mus.’. In At- tems 1904: 122 he states “Subsequently to this new species [referring to Escaryus retusidens var. oligopus ] I present an extended diagnosis of Escaryus sibiricus Ck. , as Cook’s description is not sufficient and the reader might be tempted to judge both species as identical; director Mr. Kräpelin kindly lent Cook’s originals, which are in possession of Hamburg Museum” .

Current systematic position. Escaryus sibiricus Cook, 1899 .

Figures

FIGURE 8. A. Escaryus sibiricus Cook, 1899. Syntype (ZMH-A0008159). B. Pectiniunguis melanostictus Attems, 1911. Syntype (ZMH-A000542). Scale bars: 1.0mm.