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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20. Cormocephalus multispinosus Attems, 1909

( Figs 31–34)

Cormocephalus spinulosus Attems, 1928a (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) .

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) conforms to the examined material from Namibia ( Figs. 33, 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.