Millipedes of Australia

Spirobolida: Pachybolidae:
Zygostrophus spp.

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Zygostrophus alterans Chamberlin, 1920
  Zygostrophus alterans Chamberlin 1920a: 230. (In species catalogue; first description.)
  Zygostrophus alterans Jeekel 1981: 39. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Zygostrophus alterans Jeekel 2001b: 81. (In species catalogue.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Toorwary near Brisbane, Qld.
Collector, date. W.M. Wheeler.
Deposited. MCZ; MCZ 4796 (Chamberlin 1920a: 230).
Other types. At least 1 paratype, MCZ 4797 (Chamberlin 1920a: 230).

Zygostrophus digitulus digitulus (Brolemann, 1913)
  Zygostrophus digitulus digitulus
    Spirostrophus digitulus Brolemann 1913: 105 (in species key),
      113 (first description),
      figs. 27-29, pl. 15; figs. 30-32, pl. 16.
    Trigoniulus digitulus Attems 1914: 343. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
    Zygostrophus digitulus Chamberlin 1920a: 232. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
    Trigoniulus (Spirostrophus) digitulus Verhoeff 1924: 97 (in taxonomic discussion),
      112 (in species key),
      113 (in taxonomic discussion).
    Spirostrophus digitulus Attems 1927: 63 (in taxonomic discussion)
      65 (in species key).
    Spirostrophus digitulus Attems 1928: 299.
    Trigoniulus digitulus Verhoeff 1928: 110. (In species key.)
    Trigoniulus (Spirostrophus) digitulus Verhoeff 1937: 147. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Spirostrophus digitulus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Zygostrophus digitulus Jeekel 1981: 39. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
    Zygostrophus digitulus Jeekel 2001b: 81. (In species catalogue.)
  Prionopeza serrulata
    Prionopeza serrulata Attems 1953: 193 (first description),
      figs. 105-107, pl. 14.
    Prionopeza serrulata Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 19. (In genus catalogue as type of Prionopeza.)
    Prionopeza serrulata Jeekel 1971: 203. (In genus catalogue as type of Prionopeza.)
    Zygostrophus serrulatus Jeekel 1981: 39. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia; new combination.)
    Prionopeza serrulata Jeekel 2001b: 81. (In species catalogue, synonymised with Zygostrophus digitulus. Jeekel says this synonymisation is in Hoffman (1962); see Zygostrophus synonymy.)

Zygostrophus digitulus digitulus
Syntypes. 2 males and 2 females from Fraser Island, Qld, and 2 females from Condamine, Qld.
Collector, date. No information yet for Fraser Island syntypes; Condamine specimens collected July 1898 (AM label data; G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.).
Deposited. AM; KS37299, KS37300, KS76531 (Fraser Island) and KS37301 (Condamine). KS76531 is labelled 'lectotype male and 4 paralectotype females' probably by P.M. Johns (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.). No lectotypification has been published.
Other records. For 'Trigoniulus (Spirostrophus) digitulus', Verhoeff (1924: 114) records 2 males, 2 females and 1 'larva' from Blackall Range (October); 1 female from Christmas Creek; 1 juvenile female from Glen Lamington (November); and 1 male and 4 females from Mt Tamborine (October), all collected in Qld during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913. The current location of these specimens is unknown.
 
Prionopeza serrulata
Holotype. Male.
Locality. 'Queensland' (Attems 1953: 194).
Collector, date. Dawydoff Expedition, 1938-1939 (Attems 1953: title).
Deposited. No information yet.

Zygostrophus digitulus richmondanus (Verhoeff, 1928)
  Trigoniulus digitulus richmondanus Verhoeff 1928: 113 (first description),
    fig. 40, pl. 12.
  Trigoniulus richmondanus Verhoeff 1937: 147. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Trigoniulus digitulus richmondanus Verhoeff 1938: 44. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Zygostrophus digitulus richmondanus Jeekel 1981: 39. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia; new combination.)
  Zygostrophus digitulus richmondanus Jeekel 2001b: 81. (In species catalogue.)

Syntypes. 1 adult male, 1 juvenile male, 2 adult females and 1 juvenile female (Verhoeff 1928: 113).
Locality. Upper Richmond River, NSW.
Collector, date. R. Helms, April 1890 (AM label data; G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.).
Deposited. In AM: KS76532 - KS76536 (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.);
  In ZMB: 1 female, ZMB 12 536 (Moritz & Fischer 1975: 253).

Zygostrophus ferruginopes Chamberlin, 1920
  Zygostrophus ferruginopes Chamberlin 1920a: 229. (In species catalogue; first description.)
  Zygostrophus ferruginopes Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 25. (In genus catalogue as type of Zygostrophus.)
  Zygostrophus ferruginopes Jeekel 1971: 208. (In genus catalogue as type of Zygostrophus.)
  Zygostrophus ferruginopes Jeekel 1981: 37. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Zygostrophus ferruginopes Jeekel 2001b: 81. (In species catalogue.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Kuranda ('2000 feet'), Qld.
Collectors, date. H.L. Clark, W.M. Wheeler; date not yet known.
Deposited. MCZ; MCZ 4794 (Chamberlin 1920a: 229).
Other types. At least 2 paratypes, MCZ 4795 and 4798 (Chamberlin 1920a: 229).

Zygostrophus targionii (Silvestri, 1898)
  Trigoniulus targionii Silvestri 1898: 229 (first description),
    figs. 7-9, p. 229.
  Trigoniulus targionii Brolemann 1913: 116. (In taxonomic discussion; repeats description.)
  Trigoniulus targionii Attems 1914: 346. (In species catalogue.)
  Zygostrophus targionii Chamberlin 1920a: 232. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirostrophus targionii Attems 1927: 63 (in taxonomic discussion; new combination)
    65 (in species key).
  'Trigoniulus' targionii Jeekel 1981: 37. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia, and: 'Re-examination of the type-material of the so-called Trigoniulus species [in Australia] (e.g. 'Trigoniulus' targionii Silvestri, 1898) may eventually reveal the existence of a third generic category [in addition to Ainigmabolus and Zygostrophus].')
  Zygostrophus targionii Jeekel 2001b: 81. (In species catalogue.)

Types. Male and female syntypes.
Locality. Cairns, Qld.
Collector, date. [Giovanni] Podenzana, December 1891 (Silvestri 1898: 225).
Deposited. MSNF (Silvestri 1898: title).

Zygostrophus urallanus Chamberlin, 1920
  Zygostrophus urallanus Chamberlin 1920a: 231. (In species catalogue; first description.)
  Zygostrophus urallanus Jeekel 1981: 39. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Zygostrophus urallanus Jeekel 2001b: 81. (In species catalogue.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Salisbury Court near Uralla, NSW.
Collector, date. W.M. Wheeler; date not yet known.
Deposited. MCZ; MCZ 4799 (Chamberlin 1920a: 231).
Other types. At least 1 paratype, MCZ 4800 (Chamberlin 1920a: 231).