Millipedes of Australia

Siphonophorida: Siphonophoridae:
Rhinosiphora spp.

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Rhinosiphora mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Siphonophora (Rhinosiphora) mjöbergi Verhoeff 1924: 123 (first description),
    figs. 82-87, pl. 5.
  Siphonophora mjöbergi Attems 1930a: 150. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Siphonophora (Rhinosiphora) mjöbergi Attems 1930b: 177. From secondary source, not yet checked.
  Rhinosiphora mjöbergi Verhoeff 1941b: 218. (In genus key; new combination?)
  Rhinosiphora mjöbergi Attems 1951: 226 (designated type of Rhinosiphora),
     227 (in species key).
  Rhinosiphora mjoebergi Jeekel 1971: 43. (In genus catalogue as type of Rhinosiphora.)
  Siphonophora mjoebergi Jeekel 1981: 28. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Rhinosiphora mjoebergi Jeekel 2001a: 53. (In Siphonophorida catalogue.)

Types. Syntypes, not labeled 'type', in NHRM (Dennis Black, pers. comm.).
Locality. Cedar Creek, Qld (see Note below).
Collector, date. Collected during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Note. Ferrier (2006: 6) identifies Cedar Creek as the present-day Ravenshoe area.

Rhinosiphora nasuta (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Siphonophora (Rhinosiphora) nasuta Verhoeff 1924: 127 (first description),
    fig. 91, pl. 5.
  Siphonophora nasuta Attems 1930a: 150. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Siphonophora (Rhinosiphora) nasuta Attems 1930b: 177. From secondary source, not yet checked.
  Rhinosiphora nasuta Verhoeff 1941b: 218. (In genus key; new combination?)
  Rhinosiphora nasuta Attems 1951: 228. (In species key.)
  Siphonophora nasuta Jeekel 1981: 28. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Siphonophora nasuta Jeekel 2001a: 64. (In Siphonophorida catalogue.)

Types. Syntypes, labeled 'type', in NHRM (Dennis Black, pers. comm.).
  Male syntype, ZMB, ZMB 6156 (Moritz & Fischer 1973: 374).
Locality. Colosseum, Qld.
Collector, date. Collected during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Notes. Specimens collected at 'Evelyne' [Evelyn] and Tolga, Qld, by the Mjöberg expedition were only tentatively referred to R. nasuta by Verhoeff (1924: 127).
     Jeekel (2001a: 52) says 'With regard to the Australian species my guess is that each of them deserves a separate generic status. Unfortunately the published drawings of the gonopods are too much reduced to allow any conclusions. The status of S. nasuta and S. nodulosa has to be reassessed.'

Rhinosiphora nodulosa (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Siphonophora (Rhinosiphora) nodulosa Verhoeff 1924: 126 (first description),
    figs. 88-90, pl. 5.
  Siphonophora nodulosa Attems 1930a: 150. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Siphonophora (Rhinosiphora) nodulosa Attems 1930b: 177. From secondary source, not yet checked.
  Rhinosiphora nodulosa Verhoeff 1941b: 218. (In genus key; new combination?)
  Rhinosiphora nodulosa Attems 1951: 228. (In species key.)
  Siphonophora nodulosa Jeekel 1981: 28. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Siphonophora nodulosa Jeekel 2001a: 64. (In Siphonophorida catalogue.)

Types. Syntypes, labeled 'type', in NHRM (Dennis Black, pers. comm.).
Locality. Malanda, Qld.
Collector, date. Collected during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Note. Specimens collected at Atherton and Mt Tamborine, Qld, by the Mjöberg expedition were only tentatively referred to R. nodulosa by Verhoeff (1924: 127).
     Jeekel (2001a: 52) says 'With regard to the Australian species my guess is that each of them deserves a separate generic status. Unfortunately the published drawings of the gonopods are too much reduced to allow any conclusions. The status of S. nasuta and S. nodulosa has to be reassessed.'