Lithobius orotavae Latzel, 1885

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 : 36-37

41. Lithobius orotavae Latzel, 1885

Latzel 1895: 114, 117 (as Lithobius orotavae n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Patria [homeland]: Teneriffa insula [Tenerife], prope oppidum Orotavam [near the town of La Orotava].

Dimensions. Longit. corp. [body length] 13 mm, lat. [width] 2 mm.

Type material. Syntypes 2 ( ZMH-A0000697 , ZMH-A0008174 ). SPAIN: Tenerife (Canary Islands), La Orotava [ca. 28°15’N, 16°34’W] .

Preservation. 1 jar and 2 vials. Jar label: Lithobius orotavae Latzel , 1 Holotype, 1 Paratype (printed label: Zool. Museum Hamburg). Vial 1 ( ZMH-A 0000697): Label 1. Lithobius orotavae Latzel, 1895 , Lectotypus, M. Zapparoli des. 1986; Label 2. Lithobius melanops Newport, M. Zapparoli des. 1986). Vial 2 ( ZMH-A 0008174): Label 1. Lithobius orotavae Latzel, 1895 , Paralectotypus, M. Zapparoli des. 1986 (imprint); Label 2. Lithobius melanops Newport, M. Zapparoli des. 1986.

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 72, No. 5. Holotype, 1 paratype.

Type status. Latzel noted that only two (probably juvenile) specimens were available. The ZMH specimens are these syntypes .

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Lithobius melanops (Newport, 1845) according to Eason (1984: 389).