Millipedes of Australia

Sphaerotheriida: Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) spp.

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Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) albertisii (Silvestri, 1895)
  Zephronia Albertisii Silvestri 1895a: 620 (in species list),
    635 (first description).
  Cyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) Albertisii Silvestri 1917: 62 (in species list as Zephronia Albertisii, but Silvestri adds '=Cyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) Albertisii'; new combination),
    68 (in species key),
    74 (redescription),
    fig. 10, p. 74.
  Cyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) albertisi Chamberlin 1920a: 88. (In species catalogue.)
  Zephronia albertisii Jeekel 1971: 24. (In genus catalogue, designated type of Epicyliosoma.)
  Cyliosoma albertisii Jeekel 1981: 24. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) albertisii Jeekel 1986: 36 (in species list as Zephronia albertisii, type of Epicyliosoma),
    37 (new combination),
    38 (in species key).

Types. At least 2 syntypes, male and female.
Locality. Somerset, Qld.
Collector, date. L.M. D'Albertis, who travelled to Papua New Guinea from Somerset in 1875, 1876 and 1877. The Netherlands National Herbarium gives an excellent overview of the Albertis expeditions at www.nationaalherbarium.nl/fmcollectors/A/AlbertisLMd.htm.
Deposited. No information yet.

Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) excavatum (Verhoeff, 1928)
  Cyliosoma excavatum Verhoeff 1928: 80 (in species key),
    81 (in species key, with first description),
    84 (in species key),
    figs. 1-4, pl. 6.
  Cyliosoma excavatum Jeekel 1981: 26. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) excavatum Jeekel 1986: 37 (new combination),
    38 (in species key).

Types. 'Several specimens, some from the Upper Richmond River [NSW] (April), some from an unknown locality' (Verhoeff 1928: 82).
Collector, date. Upper Richmond River: R. Helms, April 1890 (AM specimen label).
Deposited. AM; KS 76511 (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.).
Note. 'E. excavatum appears to be very similar to E. froggatti, which was described from about the same locality. The differences between the two, mentioned in the key below, may be a matter of interpretation or were perhaps caused by the state of preservation of the material studied by the two authors. Actual comparison of the types is necessary to clarify this point.' (Jeekel 1986: 37)

Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) froggatti (Silvestri, 1917)
  Cyliosoma (Cyliosoma) Froggatti Silvestri 1917: 68 (in species key),
    70 (first description),
    fig. 6, p. 70.
  Cyliosoma froggatti Chamberlin 1920a: 87. (In species catalogue.)
  Cyliosoma froggatti Jeekel 1981: 26. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) froggatti Jeekel 1986: 37 (new combination),
    38 (in species key).

Types. Male and female syntypes.
Locality. Richmond River, NSW.
Collector, date. W.W. Froggatt; date not yet known.
Deposited. No information yet. Portici?
Note. 'E. excavatum appears to be very similar to E. froggatti, which was described from about the same locality. The differences between the two, mentioned in the key below, may be a matter of interpretation or were perhaps caused by the state of preservation of the material studied by the two authors. Actual comparison of the types is necessary to clarify this point.' (Jeekel 1986: 37)

Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) penrithense (Brolemann, 1913)
  Cyliosoma penrithensis Brolemann 1913: 85 (first description),
    figs. 5-7, pl. 14; fig. 22, p. 87; figs. 23-24, p. 88.
  Cyliosoma penrithensis Attems 1914: 142. (In species catalogue.)
  Cyliosoma penrithensis Silvestri 1917: 62 (in species list, but Silvestri adds '= C. Sennae'),
    72 (synonymised with C. sennae).
  Cyliosoma penrithensis Chamberlin 1920a: 88. (In species catalogue as synonym of Cyliosoma sennae.)
  Cyliosoma penrithense Verhoeff 1928: 81. (In species key.)
  Cyliosoma penrithense Jeekel 1981: 26. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) penrithense Jeekel 1986: 37 (new combination),
    38 (in species key).

Types. 'One male from Penrith and three females from Cambewarra, New South Wales' (Brolemann 1913: 87).
Collector, date. No information yet.
Deposited. AM holds 5 samples (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.):
  KS 76512, male from Penrith, labelled 'holotype', probably by P.M. Johns
  KS 76513, ? from Penrith, not otherwise labelled
  KS 76514, female from Cambewarra, labelled 'Paratypes, 2 females, P.M.J. 15 XII 67'
  KS 76515, female from Cambewarra, labelled 'Cyliosoma queenslandiae, 2 males, P.M. Johns 15 XII 67'
  KS 76516, male from Cambewarra, labelled 'Cyliosoma queenslandiae, 2 males, P.M. Johns 15 XII 67'
There is an unexplained discrepancy in number and gender of specimens between Brolemann's report and the AM holdings.
Note. 'Silvestri (1917) has synonymised E. penrithense with E. sennae. The points of difference between the two descriptions, mentioned in the key below, seem to justify their being kept separate. Moreover, the two species were described from widely separated localities.' (Jeekel 1986: 37)

Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) sarahae Moir & Harvey, 2008
  Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) sarahae Moir & Harvey 2008: 114 (first description),
    figs. 1-6, p. 115; figs. 7, 8, p. 116.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Cape Le Grand National Park, inland from Thistle Beach, 34°00'20"S 122°11'39"E, in soil.
Collector, date. M.L. Moir, 17 November 2006.
Deposited. WAM T78757.
Paratypes. In WAM: 5 males, 8 females, details as for holotype but 34°00'19"S 122°11'47"E, T78948.
Other records. Also known from Cape Arid National Park, ca. 90 km E of the type locality (Moir & Harvey 2008).

Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) sennae (Silvestri, 1898)
  Cyliosoma Sennae Silvestri 1898: 227 (first description),
    figs. 4-6, p. 227.
  Cyliosoma sennae Brolemann 1913: 80 (in species list),
    88 (compares with C. penrithensis, reproduces Silvestri's first description).
  Cyliosoma Sennae Attems 1914: 142. (In species catalogue.)
  Cyliosoma (Cyliosoma) Sennae Silvestri 1917: 62 (in species list),
    68 (in species key),
    72 (redescription),
    fig. 8, p. 73.
  Cyliosoma sennae Chamberlin 1920a: 88. (In species catalogue.)
  Cyliosoma sennae Jeekel 1981: 24. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Epicyliosoma (Epicyliosoma) sennae Jeekel 1986: 37 (new combination),
    38 (in species key).

Types. Male and female syntypes.
Locality. Cairns, Qld.
Collector, date. [Giovanni] Podenzana, December 1891 (Silvestri 1898: 225).
Deposited. MSNF (Silvestri 1898: title).
Note. 'Silvestri (1917) has synonymised E. penrithense with E. sennae. The points of difference between the two descriptions, mentioned in the key below, seem to justify their being kept separate. Moreover, the two species were described from widely separated localities.' (Jeekel 1986: 37)