Species Antichiropus fossulifrons Attems, 1911

Antichiropus fossulifrons Attems, C. 1911. Myriopoda exkl. Scolopendridae. In, Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Vol 3(6). Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag. [176].
Type data:
Lectotype NHMW 3432 ♂ (Male with gonopods attached), Western Australia, Yalgoo, Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise Station 77, 11 July 1905, W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer [28°20'S 116°42'E].
Paralectotype(s) NHMW 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (Male, only gonopods), Same as holotype; ZMB 5156 1 ♂ (Male without gonopods), Same as holotype; ZMH 1 ♀ 1 juvenile (From remarks on p. 94 (Car et al., 2013): The Eradu specimens in the ZMH are clearly of a different species from A. fossulifrons. ... As the type series of A. fossulifrons consists of two different species, we have selected a lectotype male from Yalgoo to stabilise its taxonomy as demanded by Article 74 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999)), Western Australia, Eradu, Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise Station 80, 13 July 1905, W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer [28°42'S 115°02'E].
Subsequent designation references:
Car, C.A., Wojcieszek, J.M. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. The millipede genus Antichiropus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), part 1: redefinition of the genus and redescriptions of existing species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28: 83-118 [92].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known, woodland.

General References

Moritz, M. & Fischer, S. 1978. Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologisches Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 4: Polydesmida (Paradoxosomatidea, Sphaeriodesmidea, Polydesmidea). Teil 5: Ergänzungen (Teile 1 bis 3). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 54(1): 99-160

Weidner, H. 1960. Die entomologische Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. III. Chilopoda und Progoneata. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 58: 57-104

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Jan-2014	PARADOXOSOMATIDAE Daday, 1889	13-Jan-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2012		05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2012		12-May-2010	ADDED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)