Schendyla javanica Attems, 1907

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 : 84

147. Schendyla javanica Attems , 190­7

Attems 1907: 94–95, figs. VI, VII (as Schendyla javanica n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Fundort [locality]: Tjompea [Ciampea].

Dimensions. Länge mit Antennen 10 mm, Breite 0,5 mm. [Length including antenna 10 mm, width 0.5 mm]. 31 Beinpaare [leg pairs].

Type material. Syntype ( ZMH-A0000541 ). INDONESIA: West Java, Ciampea [ca. 6°33’S, 106°41’E] .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Schendyla javanica Att. Typus, Krpln L. 11.III.04, Tjompeahöhle Java gesiebt (Kraepelin handwriting); Label 2. Schendyla javanica Att. Typus, Krpln L. 11.III.04, Tjompea aus Guano gesiebt [sifted from guano] (Kraepelin handwriting); Label 3. Schend. javanica Att Typus Tjompea Java; Label 4. Verloren bei Dr. Crabill (Washingt.)? Siehe Brief von Dr. Rack, 4.01.1990. Mesoschendyla javanica (Attems) ( Schendyla j.)

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 63, No. 34. Holotype.

Additional type material. There are 2 microscope slides with syntype parts from Tjompea (coll. K. Kraepelin 1903, don. K. Kraepelin) at the NHMW (no. 4883) .

Collection remarks. The specimen was collected from cave guano by Karl Kraepelin during his expedition to India and Java 1903–1904.

Curatorial remarks. Ilie et al. (2009: 37–38) noted: “ Weidner (1960: 63) specified the holotype (!) from the ZMH ” but this specimen is rather a syntype. It was lost by Crabill (Rack, unpubl.) and the material at the NHMW remains as the primary reference for this species.

Current systematic position. Mesoschendyla javanica ( Attems, 1907) ; transferred by Crabill (1968c).