Branchiostoma gracile Kohlrausch, 1879

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 : 46

63. Branchiostoma gracile Kohlrausch, 1879

Fig. 11C

Kohlrausch 1879: 69–70, plate 6, fig. 3 (as Br. gracile n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Gymnas. Johann., Hamburg 1 Exemplar.—Fundort [locality]: Banda .

Dimensions. Länge des Körpers [body length] 50 [mm], der Endbeine 17,7 Mm [length of ultimate legs 17.7 mm].

Type material. Holotype ( ZMH-A0000659 ). INDONESIA: Maluku Island Archipelago, Banda ( Banda Islands ) [ca. 4°08’S, 39°21’E].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label. Branchiostoma longipes Newp. Original zu Br. affine Kohlr. Gracile Kohlr. (pencil).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 64, No. 4. Holotype.

Remarks. The specimen was originally part of the Gymnasium Johanneum collection in Hamburg (later on ZMH).

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Rhysida longipes (Newport, 1845) according to Kraepelin (1903: 148).

Figures

FIGURE 11. A. Opisthemega lusitanum Verhoeff, 1896. Syntype (ZMH-A0000673). B. Arthrorhabdus mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916. Syntype (ZMH-A0000580). C. Branchiostoma gracile Kohlrausch, 1879. Holotype (ZMH-A0000659). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.