Arthrorhabdus luteus Attems, 1928

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 : 45

60­. Arthrorhabdus luteus Attems, 1928

Attems 1928: 299–301, fig. 17 (as Arthrorhabdus luteus nov. spec.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: “Dinapore” [Danapur] (ohne nähere Bezeichnung [without more details]; =? Dinapur, Vorderindien). (Hamburger Museum).

Dimensions. Länge (ohne Endbeine): Bis 73 mm. [length without ultimate legs: up to 73 mm].

Type material. Syntypes 13 ( ZMH-A0000639 , ZMH-A0009236-9247 ). INDIA: Bihar State, Danapur (“ Dinapore ”) [ca: 25°37’N, 85°02’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Arthrorhabdu s n. sp. Mus. Bremen C. VII.08 Dinapore; Label 2. Trachycormocephalus occidentalis Att. ; Label 3. Graf Attems, Wien determ. 1928–1934 (imprint) .

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 64, No. 1. Syntypes (number not specified).

Taxonomic remarks. Attems (1930) had synonymized it with Trachycormocephalus ocidentalis Attems, 1909 but the latter name became a junior secondary homonym of S. occidentalis L., 1758 when Khanna & Yadav (1997) transferred it to Scolopendra . Lewis et al. (2006) changed the name to S. lutea ( Attems, 1928) to resolve the issue.

Lewis et al. (2010) commented on the odd distribution pattern that resulted from this synonymy because the original specimen for S. lutea is from Namibia ( Attems, 1909) and not India. Their assessment is based on the lack of morphological differences in Attems’s descriptions (1909, 1928) but the synonymy is questionable.

Additional remarks. The specimens came from the collections of the Overseas Museum in Bremen (Übersee- Museum Bremen).

Current systematic position. Scolopendra lutea ( Attems, 1928) : transferred by Lewis et al. (2006: 36).