Rhinocricus collaris de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897

Wesener, Thomas, Enghoff, Henrik & Sierwald, Petra, 2009, Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of ' fire millipedes' (Diplopoda), ZooKeys 19 (19), pp. 1-128 : 119

Rhinocricus collaris de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897

Rhinocricus collaris de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897 : pl XI, fig. 45

Rhinocricus collaris, de Saussure and Zehntner 1902: 115

„ Rhinocricus “ collaris, Enghoff 2003: 624 , lists species name

Material examined: Types: 2 ♀ (85 mm long), “ types ”, MNHN HB015, det. H. de Saussure, “ Madagascar: Grandidier ”. vidi

Observation: both female paratypes are broken and faded. The specimens are long and thick, probably reaching circa 85 mm in length and 10 mm in width, with 40 body rings. Preanal process widely protruding. Mesozonites with vertical striae, metazonites with deeply impressed longitudinal striae. The sculpturing in combination with the large body size and protruding preanal process are currently unknown from any other Spirobolida species living on Madagascar.

Comments: the strange sculpturing of the body, combined with the large size, will obviously allow to properly identify this species when new, hopefully male-containing material becomes available. The placement of Rhinocricus collaris in the subgenus Rhinocricus by de Saussure and Zehntner is probably incorrect. R. collaris would then be the only known member of the family Rhinocricidae ever recorded from Madagascar ( Marek et al. 2003).