Cormocephalus multispinosus Attems, 1909

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail & Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2013, Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus), Zootaxa 3734 (2), pp. 169-198 : 187

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scientific name	Cormocephalus multispinosus Attems, 1909
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20. Cormocephalus multispinosus Attems, 1909 View in CoL

( Figs 31–34 View FIGURES 31–34 )

Cormocephalus spinulosus Attems, 1928a View in CoL (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Lesotho (Basutoland): Marena , leg. Dr. MacLean & L. Wroughton, 1 ex., BMNH 07.10.8.16- 17 ; Namibia: Hoffnung E. of Windhoek , 1.850 m, 25/12/1933, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.4.25.116 ; Namibia: Hoffnung E. of Windhoek , 1.850 m, 30/12/1933, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.6.5.25-30 ; Namibia: Hoffnung E. of Windhoek , 1.850 m, 4/2/1934, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.12.4.257 ; Namibia: Büllsport , 1.450 m, 6/12/1933, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.4 .25.115. ( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35 ) .

Type locality. South Africa (Northern Cape Province, Kamaggas, Little Namaqualand ) ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

General distribution. South Tropical Africa: Angola (AO); Southern Africa: Botswana ( BW), Lesotho ( LS) (new region record), Namibia (ZA), South Africa (Northern Cape Province, Gauteng Province, Western Cape Province) (ZA) ( Schileyko and Stagl 2004; Minelli et al. 2006).

Remarks. Synonymy of Cormocephalus spinulosus Attems, 1928a , with C. multispinosus was proposed by Schileyko and Stagl (2004) and is accepted herein. The assigned specimen from Lesotho ( Figs. 31, 32 View FIGURES 31–34 ) conforms to the examined material from Namibia ( Figs. 33, 34 View FIGURES 31–34 ) with respect to prefemoral proportions and spine arrangements.

References

Attems, C. (1909) Myriopoda. In: Schulze L. (ed.) Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Sudafrika ausgefuhrt in den Jahren 1903 - 1905 mit Unterstutzung der Kgl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 14, 1 - 52.

Attems, C. (1928 a) Neue Scolopendriden der Museen Wien und Hamburg. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 78, 279 - 307.

Minelli, A., Bonato, L., Dioguardi, R., Chagas, J. A., Edgecombe, G. D., Lewis, J. G. E., Pereira, L. A., Shelley, R. M., Stoev, P., Uliana, M. & Zapparoli, M. (2006 and onwards). CHILOBASE. A web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy.

Schileyko, A. & Stagl, V. (2004) The collection of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda) in the Natural History Museum in Vienna: a critical re-evaluation of former taxonomic identifications. Annalen des Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, 105, 67 - 137.

Figures

FIGURE 35. Cormocephalus multispinosus, C. nitidus nitidus, C. oligoporus and C. westwoodi westwoodi, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.

FIGURES 31–34. Cormocephalus multispinosus Attems, 1909. Figs 31, 32. BMNH 07.10.8.16-17 (Lesotho): Figure 31, tergite of ultimate leg-bearing segment and ultimate leg prefemora, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; Figure 32, ultimate legbearing segment and ultimate leg prefemora, ventral view, scale bar 0.5 mm. Figs 33, 34. BMNH 1934.6.5.25-30 (Namibia): Figure 33, tergite of ultimate leg-bearing segment and ultimate leg prefemora, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; Figure 34, ultimate leg-bearing segment and ultimate leg prefemora, ventral view, scale bar 0.5 mm.