Species Tasmanophilus opinatus (Newport, 1845)
- Arthronomalus opinatus Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [433] [Crabill (1962) restored Arthronomalus opinatus Newport, 1845 in Tasmanophilus and found it to be conspecific with Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920. This should have been a simple case of invoking the Law of Priority and Chamberlin's species would be the junior synonym of Newport's. However, at the time of writing, Crabill was constrained by Article 23(b) of the International Code of Zoological Nomeclature, which stated that if a name has not been used as a senior synonym in the primary zoological literature for more than 50 years, it was to be considered a nomen oblitum and hence inadmissable. Article 23(b) has since been rescinded, so Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920 is regarded as the junior subjective synonym of T. opinatus (Newport, 1845)].
- Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [44].
- Tasmaniophilus nicholsii Verhoeff, K.W. 1937. Über einige Chilopoden aus Australien und Brasilien. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 70: 1-16 [1].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Crabill, R.E. 1962. Concerning chilopod types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Scolopendromorpha). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(5): 505-510 [510]
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, predator, rotting wood, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial, under bark.
General References
Attems, C.G. 1929. Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha. Das Tierreich, Lief. 52. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. 388 pp. [253, 328] (Arthronomalus opinatus and Tasmanophilus tasmanianus)
Fahlander, K. 1939. Chilopoden aus Australien und Tasmanien. Arkiv för Zoologi 31B(1): 1-4 [1] (Tasmanophilus tasmanianus; distribution)
Haase, E. 1887. Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt I. Chilopoden. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5: 1-118 [108] (as Geophilus opinatus)
Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart : R. Mesibov 64 pp. [50 figs 76-82] (as Tasmanophilus opinatus; distribution)
Pocock, R.I. 1901. The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian continent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(8): 451-463 [461] (as Necrophloephagus opinatus; distribution)
Taylor, R.J. 1990. Occurrence of log-dwelling invertebrates in regeneration and old-growth wet sclerophyll forest in southern Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 124(1): 27-34 [31] (Tasmanophilus opinatus; distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |