Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934

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 : 25

23. Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934

Fig. 6B

Attems 1934: 310–311 (as Mesocanthus latisternus nov. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Afghanistan .

Dimensions. Länge [length] 70 mm. 83 Beinpaare [leg pairs].

Type material. Syntype ♀ ( ZMH-A0000706 ). AFGHANISTAN. No additional data [ca. 34°31’N, 69°11’E for Kabul] .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Mesocanthus latisternus Att. ; Label 2. Afghanistan, Green C., X 09.; Label 3. Mesocanthus latisternus Att. (label with the imprint: Graf Attems, Wien, determ. 1928–1934).

Old type catalogue. Not listed .

Taxonomic remarks. Attems (1934) did not specify the number of specimens in his original description. This species is not listed by Weidner (1960) and Rack (1974) but the present specimen is clearly a syntype.

Current systematic position. Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934 .

Figures

FIGURE 6. A. Bothriogaster egyptiacus (Attems, 1896). Syntype (ZMH-A0000536). B. Mesocanthus latisternus Attems, 1934. Syntype ♀ (ZMH-A0000706). Scale bars: 1.0mm.