Millipedes of Australia

Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae:
Salpidobolus spp.

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Salpidobolus brevipes (Karsch, 1881)
  Spirobolus (Rhinocricus) brevipes Karsch 1881c: 76. (First description.)
  Spirobolus brevipes Preudhomme de Borre 1884b: 72. (In species catalogue.)
  Rhinocricus brevipes Attems 1897: 522. (In species key; new combination.) From secondary source, not yet checked.
  Rhinocricus brevipes Brolemann 1913: 146. (In species key.)
  Rhinocricus brevipes Attems 1914: 333. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Dinematocricus brevipes Chamberlin 1920a: 179. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Rhinocricus brevipes Schubart 1951: 273. (According to Jeekel (2006c: 96), this mention incorrectly refers to this species as authored by Carl, 1914.)
  'Spirobolus (Rhinocricus)' brevipes Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  'Rhinocricus brevipes' Jeekel 2001b: 39. (In species catalogue.)
  Salpidobolus brevipes Marek et al. 2003: 75. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirobolus (Rhinocricus) brevipes Jeekel 2006c: 95 (in species key),
    96 (redescription).

Syntypes. At least 1 male and 3 females.
Locality. Rockhampton, Qld.
Collector, date. Probably collected for Museum Godeffroy by Amalie Dietrich, who was in Rockhampton in 1866 (Sumner 1993: 30).
Deposited. In ZMB: 1 male and 1 female, ZMB 382; 1 female, ZMB 668; 1 female, ZMB 669 (Moritz & Fischer 1975: 245).

Salpidobolus coeruleolimbatus (Daday, 1891)
  Spirobolus coeruleolimbatus Daday 1891: 139 (first description, in Latin),
    177 (first description repeated, in German),
    figs. 6, 7, pl. 7.
  Spirobolus coeruleolimbatus Brolemann 1913: 146. (In species key.)
  Spirobolus coeruleolimbatus Attems 1914: 353. (In species catalogue.)
  Dinematocricus coeruleolimbatus Chamberlin 1920a: 179. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  'Spirobolus' coeruleolimbatus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  'Dinematocricus' coeruleolimbatus Jeekel 2001b: 39. (In species catalogue.)
  Salpidobolus coeruleolimbatus Marek et al. 2003: 77. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirobolus coeruleolimbatus< Jeekel 2006c: 94 (in species key),
    96 (redescription),
    97 ('Comparing the two descriptions it does not seem impossible that Dinematocricus glabratus Verhoeff may prove to be a synonym of coeruleolimbatus.').

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Queensland.
Collector, date. No information yet.
Deposited. Heidelberg University zoological collection (Daday 1891: title).

Salpidobolus crepidatus (Karsch, 1881)
  Spirobolus (Rhinocricus) crepidatus Karsch 1881c: 74. (First description.)
  Spirobolus crepidatus Preudhomme de Borre 1884b: 73. (In species catalogue.)
  Rhinocricus crepidatus Brolemann 1913: 147. (In species key; new combination.)
  Rhinocricus crepidatus Attems 1914: 333. (In species catalogue.)
  Dinematocricus crepidatus Chamberlin 1920a: 179. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  'Spirobolus (Rhinocricus)' crepidatus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  'Rhinocricus' crepidatus Jeekel 2001b: 40. (In species catalogue.)
  Salpidobolus crepidatus Marek et al. 2003: 78. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirobolus (Rhinocricus) crepidatus Jeekel 2006c: 95 (in species key),
    96 (redescription).

Syntypes. At least 1 male and 1 female.
Locality. Port Mackay, Qld.
Collector, date. Probably collected for Museum Godeffroy by Amalie Dietrich, who was in Mackay in 1867-1868 (Sumner 1993: 38, 46).
Deposited. In ZMB: 1 male, ZMB 389; 1 female, ZMB 670 (Moritz & Fischer 1975: 247).

Salpidobolus fasciculatus (Voges, 1878)
  Spirobolus fasciculatus Voges, 1878: 190. (First description.)
  Spirobolus fasciculatus Preudhomme de Borre 1884b: 74. (In species catalogue.)
  Spirobolus fasciculatus Attems 1897: 522. From secondary source, not yet checked.
  Spirobolus fasciculatus Brolemann 1913: 146. (In species key.)
  Rhinocricus fasciculatus Attems 1914: 334. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Dinematocricus fasciculatus Chamberlin 1920a: 179. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  'Spirobolus' fasciculatus Jeekel 1981: 34. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  'Rhinocricus' fasciculatus Jeekel 2001b: 41. (In species catalogue.)
  Salpidobolus fasciculatus Marek et al. 2003: 81. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirobolus fasciculatus Jeekel 2006c: 94 (in species key),
    95 (redescription).

Holotype. Female.
Locality. New Holland.
Collector, date. No information yet.
Deposited. SMG (Voges 1878: 191).

Salpidobolus faucium (Brolemann, 1913)
  Dinematocricus faucium Brolemann 1913: 107 (in species key),
    129 (first description),
    149 (in species key),
    fig. 46, pl. 16; figs. 47, 48, pl. 17.
  Dinematocricus faucium Attems 1914: 300 (in species catalogue),
    305, 321 (in species keys),
    322 (in species catalogue),
    324; figs. 122-125, pl. 7, (redescribed from male and female in ZMB from 2 sites in Papua New Guinea).
  Dinematocricus faucium Attems 1915: 28. (In species list.)
  Dinematocricus faucium Chamberlin 1920a: 181. (In species catalogue.)
  Dinematocricus faucium Jeekel 2001b: 27. (In species catalogue; Jeekel notes 'The material described by Attems does not seem to belong to the species described by Brolemann.')
  Salpidobolus faucium Marek et al. 2003: 46. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Dinematocricus faucium Jeekel 2006c: 91 (in taxonomic discussion),
    95 (in species key),
    98 (redescription) ('Attems (1914) recorded this species from N.E. New Guinea but I fear this record was based on a misidentification.).

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Thursday Island, Qld.
Collector, date. No information yet.
Deposited. AM; KS76527 (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.).