Genus Amplinus Attems, 1898

Amplinus abstrusus (Karsch, 1881)

Polydesmus abstrusus Karsch, 1881b . Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 47: 37, plate 3, fig. 6, Lectotype MALE (659a) (ZMHB 659b); synonymized by Brölemann (1898a): Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 283 under Polydesmus ater (Peters, 1864), see below.

Pachyurus (Amplinus) abstrusus — Attems 1898 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 67: 264, listed as valid species.

Pachyurus abstrusus — Attems 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 283, plate 12, figs 287–289 (lists MALE specimens deposited in SMF), (MCZ 42206).

Amplinus abstrusus — Attems 1938 . Das Tierreich, 69: 309, fig. 346.

Pseudamplinus abstrusus — Hoffman 1954 . Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 44(2): 51 (treated as a valid species).

Pseudamplinus abstrusus — Jeekel 1963 . Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4(11): 71.

– abstrusus — Moritz & Fischer 1978a . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(1): 111, type specimen catalog, species nameslisted in alphabetical order without generic assignment

Amplinus abstrusus — Hoffman 1976 . Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 83(1): 40 (by implication, synonymized Pseudamplinus under Amplinus).

Distribution in Venezuela: San Esteban near Puerto Cabello, Carabobo State (Attems, 1899, specimen in MCZ).

Amplinus ater (Peters, 1864)

Polydesmus ater Peters, 1864a . Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1864: 541; ST FEMALE (ZMHB 277, 278).

[ Polydesmus (Pachyurus) abstrusus Karsch, 1881 . Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 47: 37, plate 3, fig. 6; synonymized by Brölemann, 1898a. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 283 under Polydesmus ater, see Amplinus abstrusus above].

Platyrrhachus [recte: Platyrhacus] ater — Brölemann 1898a . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 283, plate 23, figs. 72–74 (MALE specimens).

Pachyurus (Amplinus) ater — Attems 1898 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 67: 264.

Pachyurus ater — Attems 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 285 (lists specimens deposited at NHMW).

Amplinus ater — Schubart 1934 . Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile, 28: 305.

Amplinus ater — Attems 1938 . Das Tierreich, 69: 313 (uncertain species).

Pseudamplinus ater — Hoffman 1954 . Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 44(2): 50 (treated as a valid species, “presumably” belonging to Amplinus).

Pseudamplinus ater — Jeekel 1963 . Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4(11): 71.

Amplinus ater — Hoffman 1976 . Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 83(1): 40 (by implication, synonymized Pseudamplinus under Amplinus).

– ater — Moritz & Fischer 1978a . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(1): 112, type specimen catalog, species names listed in alphabetical order without generic assignement.

Distribution in Venezuela: Caracas, Miranda State (Attems 1899); San Esteban, without detailed information, probably San Esteban National Park, in Carabobo State (Brölemann 1898a).

Amplinus beebei Chamberlin, 1950

Amplinus beebei Chamberlin, 1950 . Zoologica, New York, 35(2): 140, fig. 13; HT MALE (AMNH); PT MALE (USNM).

Pseudamplinus beebei — Hoffman 1954 . Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 44(2): 51.

Pseudamplinus beebei — Jeekel 1963 . Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4(11): 71.

Amplinus beebei — Hoffman 1976 . Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 83(1): 40 (by implication, synonymized Pseudamplinus under Amplinus).

Note: Hoffman (1999: 385) stated that several species from Venezuela placed in this genus in the past are ‘probably referable to some other taxon’.

Distribution in Venezuela: Rancho Grande, Aragua State (Chamberlin 1950; see Beebe & Crane 1947).