Tuoba hartmeyeri (Attems,1911)



Tuoba hartmeyeri (Attems,1911)

Original description: Attems C. (1911). Myriopoda exkl. Scolopendridae. In: Michaelsen W. & Hartmeyer R. (eds.), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens - G. Fischer, Jena, 3(6): 145-204, see p. 158.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: Denham; Eradu; Albany

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Jones R.E. (1998). On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain - Record of the Western Australian Museum , 18: 333-346, see p. 334.

Notes: Considered identical to either Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1891) (Crabill, 1962 - Annals and Magazine of natural History, (13) 5: 507; Crabill, 1968 - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 70 (4): 345; Jones, 1998 - Records of the Western Australian Museum, 18: 337) or to Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock, 1891) (Crabill, 1968 - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 70 (4): 345; Jones, 1998 - Records of the Western Australian Museum, 18: 334)