Millipedes of Australia

Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae:
Australocricus spp.

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Australocricus diastatus (Chamberlin, 1947)
  Rhinocricus diastatus Chamberlin 1947: 43 (first description),
    figs. 44, 45, p. 45.
  Eurhinocricus diastatus Schubart 1951: 228. (In species list; new combination.)
  'Rhinocricus' diastatus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Australocricus diastatus Jeekel 2001b: 23. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Australocricus diastatus Marek et al. 2003: 27. (In species catalogue.)
  Rhinocricus diastatus Jeekel 2006c: 95 (in species key),
    99 (redescription).

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Palm Island, Qld.
Collector, date. H.A. Pilsbry, 1923.
Deposited. ANSP; no. 9967 (Chamberlin 1947: 44).

Australocricus glabratus (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Dinematocricus glabratus Verhoeff 1924: 105 (comparison with D. rotundatus),
    106 (first description),
    107 (comparison with D. rotundatus),
    fig. 81, pl. 4.
  Dinematocricus glabratus Schubart 1951: 227. (In genus list; 'são duvidosas devido a sua posição'.)
  'Dinematocricus' glabratus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Australocricus glabratus Jeekel 2001b: 23. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Australocricus glabratus Marek et al. 2003: 27. (In species catalogue.)
  Dinematocricus glabratus Jeekel 2006c: 94 (in species key),
    98 (redescription) ('Possibly a synonym of Spirobolus coeruleolimbatus Daday.').

Syntypes. 1 male and 2 females.
Locality. Colosseum, Qld.
Collector, date. Collected in November (Verhoeff 1924: 108) during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. No information yet. NHRM?

Australocricus opulentus (Silvestri, 1895)
  Rhinocricus opulentus Silvestri 1895a: 650 (first description),
    654 (in species key).
  Rhinocricus opulentus Brolemann 1913: 146. (In species key.)
  Rhinocricus opulentus Attems 1914: 334. (In species catalogue.)
  Dinematocricus opulentus Chamberlin 1920a: 179. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  'Rhinocricus' opulentus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Australocricus opulentus Jeekel 2001b: 23. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Australocricus opulentus Marek et al. 2003: 27. (In species catalogue.)
  Rhinocricus opulentus Jeekel 2006c: 94 (in species key),
    99 (redescription),
    100 ('Unfortunately Silvestri did not illustrate the gonopods of this species, but his description seems to indicate similarity with A. sennae. In fact, there is hardly anything in the description that would justify separation of the two species. I suspect therefore that this will turn out to be a senior synonym of A. sennae.').

Types. At least one male.
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.

Australocricus perditus (Chamberlin, 1920)
  Rhinocricus perditus Chamberlin 1920a: 174. (In species catalogue; first description.)
  Rhinocricus perditus Chamberlin, 1947: 44. (Brief comparison with R. diastatus.)
  'Rhinocricus' perditus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Australocricus perditus Jeekel 2001b: 24. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Australocricus perditus Marek et al. 2003: 28. (In species catalogue.)
  Rhinocricus perditus Jeekel 2006c: 95 (in species key),
    98 (redescription).

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Enoggera, Qld.
Collector, date. W.M. Wheeler, date not yet known.
Deposited. MCZ; MCZ 4862 (Chamberlin 1920a: 174).

Australocricus rotundatus (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Dinematocricus rotundatus Verhoeff 1924: 98 (in taxonomic discussion),
    105, 107 (comparisons with D. glabratus),
    108 (first description),
    fig. 80, pl. 4.
  Dinematocricus rotundatus Schubart 1951: 227. (In genus list; 'são duvidosas devido a sua posição'.)
  'Dinematocricus' rotundatus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Australocricus rotundatus Jeekel 2001b: 24. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Australocricus rotundatus Marek et al. 2003: 28. (In species catalogue.)
  Dinematocricus rotundatus Jeekel 2006c: 94 (in species key),
    96 (redescription).

Syntypes. 2 males.
Locality. Bellenden Ker, Qld.
Collector, date. Collected in May (Verhoeff 1924: 108) during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. No information yet. NHRM?

Australocricus sennae (Silvestri, 1898b)
  Rhinocricus Sennae Silvestri 1898: 230 (first description),
    figs. 10-12, p. 230.
  Rhinocricus sennae Brolemann 1913: 146. (In species key.)
  Rhinocricus Sennae Attems 1914: 300 (in species catalogue),
    308 (in species catalogue, as 'Rhinocricus (?) Sennae').
  Proporobolus sennae Chamberlin 1920a: 176. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  'Rhinocricus' sennae Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Australocricus sennae Jeekel 2001b: 23 (designated as type species of Australocricus),
    24 (in species catalogue; new combination),
    89 (designated again as type species of Australocricus),
    figs. 1-3, p. 89 (illustrated with new material from Green Island, Qld).
  Australocricus sennae Marek et al. 2003: 28. (In species catalogue.)
  Rhinocricus sennae Jeekel 2006c: 94 (in species key),
    100 (redescription).

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

Australocricus sinuatulus (Chamberlin, 1920)
  Dinematocricus sinuatulus Chamberlin 1920a: 189. (First description.)
  Dinematocricus sinuatulus Schubart 1951: 227. (In genus list; 'são duvidosas devido a sua posição'.)
  'Dinematocricus' sinuatulus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Australocricus sinuatulus Jeekel 2001b: 24. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Australocricus sinuatulus Marek et al. 2003: 28. (In species catalogue.)
  Dinematocricus sinuatulus Jeekel 2006c: 94 (in species key),
    100 (redescription) ('Although Chamberlin did not illustrate the gonopods of this species his verbal description indicates that the anterior and posterior gonopods resemble those of A. sennae, and therefore reference to Australocricus seems justified. Obviously it is smaller than A. sennae although the length given by Chamberlin may be too small. The species seems well characterized among Australian rhinocricids by the sinuate borders of the somites above the scobinae.').

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Cooktown, Qld.
Collector, date. A.G. Mayer, date not yet known.
Deposited. MCZ; MCZ 4801 (Chamberlin 1920a: 189).
Other types. At least 1 female paratype, same details, MCZ 4802 (Chamberlin 1920a: 189).