Millipedes of Australia

Chordeumatida: Peterjohnsiidae:
Peterjohnsia spp.

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Peterjohnsia basimontana Mauriès, 1987
  Peterjohnsia basimontana Mauriès 1987: 125 (first description),
    table 6, p. 125,
    figs. 38-41, p. 126; figs. 42-45, p. 127.
  Peterjohnsia basimontana Shear & Mesibov 1994: 538 (partial redescription),
    figs. 1-4, p. 539.
  Peterjohnsia basimontana Shelley et al. 2000: 76. (In genus catalogue, as type species of Peterjohnsia.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Cableway base, Bellenden Ker Range, Qld, 100 m.
Collector, date. P.M. Johns, 17-24 October 1981.
Deposited. QM; QM S.1481.
Paratypes. In QM: 7 males, 9 females, 3 juveniles, details as for holotype, QM S.1482.
  In MNHN: 2 males, 2 females, details as for holotype, DA 213.
Other records. Additional specimens from same area, same year; listed in Mauriès (1987: 125).

Peterjohnsia ludovicensis Mauriès, 1987
  Peterjohnsia ludovicensis Mauriès 1987: 131 (first description),
    table 8, p. 131,
    figs 52-56, p. 132.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Hilltop 5.5 km N of Mt Lewis, Qld, 1200 m.
Collectors, date. G. Monteith & D. Cook, 13 September 1981.
Other data. Berlese no, 297, rainforest, sieved litter.
Deposited. QM; QM S.1499.
Paratypes. In QM: 1 male, 1 female, same locality but 1100 m, G. Monteith & D. Cook, 8 September 1981; QM S.1500.

Peterjohnsia summa Mauriès, 1987
  Peterjohnsia summa Mauriès 1987: 128 (first description),
    table 7, p. 129,
    figs. 46-49, p. 130; figs. 50-51, p. 131.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Summit TV station, Bellenden Ker Range, Qld, 1560 m.
Collector, date. P.M. Johns, 1-7 November 1981.
Other data. Berlese no. 336, litter.
Deposited. QM; QM S.1489.
Paratypes. In QM: 5 males, 3 females, same data as holotype, QM S.1490; 3 males, 2 females, same locality and date, Berlese no. 337, QM S.1491; 1 male, 3 females, same locality and date, Berlese no. 338, QM S.1492; 1 male, same locality and date, Berlese no. 335, QM S.1493; 1 female, same locality and date, pyrethrum, on rainforest foliage, QM S.1494; 7 males, 6 females, 8 juveniles, same locality, 25-31 October 1981, QM S.1495.
  In MNHN: 2 males, 3 females, 1 juvenile, same locality, 25-31 October 1981, DA 213.
Other records. Additional specimens from Bellenden Ker, Mt Bartle Frere, same year, listed in Mauriès (1987: 128).

Peterjohnsia titan Shear & Mesibov, 1994
  Peterjohnsia titan Shear & Mesibov 1994: 539 (first description),
    figs. 5-9, p. 539; figs. 10, 11, p. 540; figs. 12-15, p. 541; figs. 16, 17, p. 542.
  Peterjohnsia titan Shear & Mesibov 1997: 175 (erratum),
    fig. 84, p. 177.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Tarraleah, Tas, DP473196, 750 m. UTM grid reference incorrectly first reported as DP472204; corrected in Shear & Mesibov (1997: 175.)
Collector, date. R. Mesibov, 4 May 1992.
Other data. Plot 59.
Deposited. QVMAG; QVM 23:5689.
Paratypes. As labelled by W. Shear or listed in Shear & Mesibov (1994: 539-540):
  In AMNH: 2 males, Mt Rufus, Tas, N. Platnick, R. Raven & T. Churchill, 29 April 1987.
  In QVMAG: 2 males, Mt Mangana, Bruny Island, Tas, EM229980, 540 m, P. Greenslade, 4 April 1989, QVM 23:17232; 1 male, Old Farm Road, Hobart, Tas, approx. EN210250, P. Greenslade, 20 April 1989, QVM 23:17234; 1 female or juvenile, Kenzies Hill, Tas, DQ461081, 290 m, R. Mesibov & T. Scarborough, 18 December 1991, QVM 23:6624; 1 female or juvenile, Pipers Brook, Tas, EQ136546, 40 m, R. Mesibov, 20 February 1992, QVM 23:6628; 1 female or juvenile, Tarraleah, Tas, DP472166, 710 m, plot 7, R. Mesibov, 17 April 1992, QVM 23:6617; 1 female or juvenile, Tarraleah, Tas, DP472167, 720 m, plot 10, R. Mesibov, 18 April 1992, QVM 23:6614; 1 male, 1 female, same details as QVM 23:6614 but plot 9, QVM 23:6615; 1 male, same details as QVM 23:6614 but DP474166, 710 m, plot 12, QVM 23:6616; 1 female or juvenile, same details as QVM 23:6614 but DP474167, 710 m, plot 13, QVM 23:6612; 1 male, same details as QVM 23:6611 but DP419288, 930 m, plot 19, 20 April 1992, QVM 23:6621; 1 male, same details as QVM 23:6611 but DP423293, 860 m, plot 35, 29 April 1992, QVM 23:6610; 1 male, same details as QVM 23:6611 but DP420287, 950 m, plot 38, 30 April 1992, QVM 23:6594; 1 female or juvenile, same details as QVM 23:6594 but plot 39, QVM 23:6592; 1 female or juvenile, Tarraleah, Tas, DP472200, 790 m, plot 51, R. Mesibov, 3 May 1992, QVM 23:6597; 1 male, Laughing Jack Lagoon, Tas, DP421290, 900 m, plot 69, R. Mesibov, 7 May 1992, QVM 23:6590; 1 male, 3 females or juveniles, Tarraleah, Tas, DP477197, 740 m, plot 76, R. Mesibov, 8 May 1992 QVM 23:6587.
  In QM: 4 males, Tarraleah, Tas, DP471196, 760 m, plot 45, R. Mesibov, 2 May 1992 (formerly QVM 23:6605); 1 female or juvenile, Tarraleah, Tas, DP472200, 790 m, plot 56, R. Mesibov, 4 May 1992, QM (formerly QVM 23:6599); 2 females or juveniles, same details but plot 55, QM (formerly QVM 23:6595).
  In USNMNH: 1 male, Laughing Jack Lagoon, Tas, DP419289, 910 m, plot 14, R. Mesibov, 19 April 1992 (formerly QVM 23:6611).
  In VMNH: 1 female or juvenile, Tarraleah, Tas, DP472167, 720 m, plot 9, R. Mesibov, 18 April 1992.
Other records. Numerous specimens in QVM from around Tasmania.
Note. For Peterjohnsia titan images and distribution map, go to the Peterjohnsia titan page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.