Species Antichiropus variabilis Attems, 1911

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External Links

• Antichiropus variabilis 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. [171] [substitute name for Antichiropus variabilis ingens Attems, 1911; see Chamberlin (1920: 109) "The first of these subspecific names, ingens, is here suppressed as a synonym of variabilis sens. str".].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHMW 3440 ♂ (Male with gonopods attached), Western Australia, Gooseberry Hill, Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise, Station 152, 31 May 1905, W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer [31°57'S 116°03'E].
  Paralectotype(s) 65 specimens (including juveniles) (Deposited in various Museums), Various localities from Western Australia, all specimens collected by W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer during the Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise.

  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 [90].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Chamberlain, R.V. 1920. The Myriapoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64: 82-84

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

 

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