Otostigmus seychellarum Attems, 1900



The valid name for Otostigmus seychellarum Attems, 1900 is Otostigmus orientalis (Porat, 1876)

Otostigmus seychellarum Attems, 1900

Original description: Attems C. (1900). Dr. Brauer's Myriopoden-Ausbeute auf den Seychellen im Jahre 1895 - Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, 13 (2): 133-171, see p. 136.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank:

Original genus: Otostigmus Porat, 1876

Type locality: Seychelles, Mahé

Synonymy: Lewis J.G.E. (2007). Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) - Phelsuma, 15: 8-25, see p. 10.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Seychelles

Notes: Not a synonym of O. insularis Haase, 1887, itself a synonym of O. scaber Porat, 1876, as proposed by Kraepelin (1903).