Arthrorhabdus mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916

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 : 45-46

61. Arthrorhabdus mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916

Fig. 11B

Kraepelin 1916: 17–19, figs. 6–9 (as Arthrorhabdus mjoebergi n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Kimberley Distrikt in N. W. Australien [Northwest Australia], 2 Exemplare .

Dimensions. No data available.

Type material. Syntype ( ZMH-A0000580 ). AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Kimberley [ca. 17°20’S, 125°54’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label. Arthrorhabdus mjoebergi Krpl. CoType, Mjoeberg C : VII.14. Kimberley distr. (Kraepelin handwriting).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 64, No. 2. Paratype (written as mjoebergi ).

Type status. Weidner (1960: 64) listed 1 paratype but the specimen is re-interpreted here as a syntype. The fate of the second specimen is unknown but it may be present at the NHRS .

Collection remarks. The specimen was collected by the Swedish zoologist and ethnographer Eric Georg Mjöberg (1882–1938) (see Monod et al. 2019: 188 for biographical data).

Current systematic position. Arthrorhabdus mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916 .

Figures

FIGURE 11. A. Opisthemega lusitanum Verhoeff, 1896. Syntype (ZMH-A0000673). B. Arthrorhabdus mjobergi Kraepelin, 1916. Syntype (ZMH-A0000580). C. Branchiostoma gracile Kohlrausch, 1879. Holotype (ZMH-A0000659). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.