Millipedes of Australia

Spirobolida: Spirobolellidae:
Spirobollelus spp.

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Spirobolellus australianus (Chamberlin, 1920)
  Strophobolus australianus Chamberlin 1920b: 38. (First description.)
  Strophobolus australianus Chamberlin 1920a: 215. (In species catalogue.)
  Strophobolus australianus Jeekel 1981: 33. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Strophobolus australianus Jeekel 1986: 43. (Review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; 'possibly referrable to Spirobolellus'; also in species key.)
  Spirobolellus australianus Jeekel 2001b: 11. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirobolellus australianus Jeekel 2002b: 57. (In species list.)

Holotype. Female.
Locality. Sutherland, NSW.
Collector, date. W.M. Wheeler, 14 September 1914.
Deposited. MCZ; MCZ 4842 (Chamberlin 1920b: 39).

Spirobolellus bivittatus (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Attemsobolus bivittatus Verhoeff 1924: 100 (in species key),
    101 (first description),
    figs. 67-70, pl. 4.
  Attemsobolus bivittatus Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 9. (In genus catalogue as type of Attemsobolus.)
  Attemsobolus bivittatus Jeekel 1971: 193. (In genus catalogue as type of Attemsobolus.)
  Attemsobolus bivittatus Jeekel 1981: 32. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Spirobolellus bivittatus Jeekel 1986: 43 (Review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; new combination),
    44 (in species key).
  Spirobolellus bivittatus Jeekel 2001b: 11. (In species catalogue.)
  Spirobolellus bivittatus Jeekel 2002b: 57. (In species list.)

Syntypes. 2 males and 1 female.
Locality. Blackall Range, Qld.
Collector, date. Collected during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. No information yet. NHRM?

Spirobolellus dorsovittatus (Verhoeff, 1928)
  Attemsobolus dorsovittatus Verhoeff 1928: 109. (First description.)
  Attemsobolus dorsovittatus Jeekel 1981: 33. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Attemsobolus dorsovittatus Jeekel 1986: 43. (Review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; 'possibly referrable to Spirobolellus'; also in species key.)
  Spirobolellus dorsovittatus Jeekel 2001b: 13. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirobolellus dorsovittatus Jeekel 2002b: 57. (In species list).

Syntypes. 2 females.
Locality. Upper Richmond River, NSW.
Collector, date. R. Helms, April 1890 (AM label data; G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.).
Deposited. AM, KS76523 (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.).

Spirobolellus gemellus Jeekel, 2003
  Spirobolellus gemellus Jeekel 2003a: 5 (first description),
    figs. 5-8, p. 11.

Holotype. Male.
Paratypes. 1 male, 1 female, 1 juvenile male.
Locality. Lord Howe Island.
Collector, date. A.M. Lea, date not yet known.
Deposited. SAM; not found (D. Hirst, SAM, pers. comm., 25 January 2008).

Spirobolellus granularis Jeekel, 2003
  Spirobolellus granularis Jeekel 2003a: 5 (first description),
    figs. 1,2, p. 7; figs. 3, 4, p. 8.

Holotype. Male.
Paratypes. 8 males, 10 females.
Locality. Lord Howe Island.
Collector, date. A.M. Lea, date not yet known.
Deposited. SAM; not found (D. Hirst, SAM, pers. comm., 25 January 2008).

Spirobolellus immigrans (Chamberlin, 1920)
  Strophobolus immigrans Chamberlin 1920b: 38. (First description.)
  Strophobolus immigrans Chamberlin 1920a: 215. (In species catalogue.)
  Strophobolus immigrans Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 23. (In genus catalogue as type of Strophobolus.)
  Strophobolus immigrans Jeekel 1971: 206. (In genus catalogue as type of Strophobolus.)
  Strophobolus immigrans Jeekel 1981: 31. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Spirobolellus immigrans Jeekel 1986: 43 (review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; new combination),
    44 (in species key).
  Spirobolellus immigrans Jeekel 2001b: 14. (In species catalogue.)
  Spirobolellus immigrans Jeekel 2002b: 57. (In species list.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. '...collected in California on Stag-Horn Fern from Australia...' (Chamberlin 1920b: 37).
Deposited. MCZ (Chamberlin 1920b: 37).
Other material. 'In addition to the type, an adult male, there is an immature individual of twenty-seven segments and a length of 8.5 mm. Its coloration is nearly as in the adult.' (Chamberlin 1920b: 37)

Spirobolellus insularum (Verhoeff, 1928)
  Howeobolus insularum Verhoeff 1928: 107 (first description),
    fig. 35, pl. 10; figs. 36, 37, pl. 11.
  Howeobolus insularum Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 15. (In genus catalogue as type of Howeobolus.)
  Howeobolus insularum Jeekel 1971: 199. (In genus catalogue as type of Howeobolus.)
  Spirobolellus insularum Jeekel 1986: 43 (review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; new combination),
    44 (in species key).
  Spirobolellus insularum Jeekel 2001b: 14. (In species catalogue.)
  Spirobolellus insularum Jeekel 2002b: 14. (In species list.)
  Spirobolellus insularum Jeekel 2003a: 12. (In taxonomic discussion.)

Syntypes. 1 male and 1 female.
Locality. Lord Howe Island.
Collector, date. R. Baxter, date not yet known.
Deposited. AM, KS76528, labelled 'lectoparatype female, P.M. Johns 14 XII 1967' (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.). No lectotypification has been published and the location of the male is unknown.

Spirobolellus kurandanus Chamberlin, 1920
  Spirobollelus kurandanus Chamberlin 1920a: 214. (In species catalogue; first description.)
  Spirobolellus kurandanus Jeekel 1981: 31. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Spirobolellus kurandanus Jeekel 1986: 43. (Review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; 'possibly referrable to Spirobolellus'; also in species key.)
  Spirobolellus kurandanus Jeekel 2001b: 14. (In species catalogue.)
  Spirobolellus kurandanus Jeekel 2002b: 57. (In species list).

Holotype. Female.
Locality. Kuranda, Qld.
Collector, date. W.M. Wheeler, date not yet known.
Deposited. MCZ; MCZ 4803 (Chamberlin 1920a: 214).
Other types. At least 2 female or juvenile paratypes, MCZ 4804 and 4805 (Chamberlin 1920a: 214).

Spirobolellus lugubris (L. Koch, 1865)
  Spirobolus lugubris L. Koch 1865: 887. (First description.)
  Spirobolus lugubris Preudhomme de Borre 1884b: 75. (In species catalogue.)
  Spirobolus lugubris Brolemann 1913: 146. (In species key.)
  Dinematocricus lugubris Chamberlin 1920a: 179. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  'Spirobolus' lugubris Jeekel 1981:31 ('From the description of 'Spirobolus lugubris L. Koch, 1867, I infer that this is most likely to be a spirobolellid, rather than a trigoniulid or a rhinocricid.'
    33 (in list of species recorded from eastern Australia).
  Spirobolus lugubris Jeekel 1986: 43. (Review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; 'possibly referrable to Spirobolellus'; also in species key.)
  Spirobolellus lugubris Jeekel 2001b: 14. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Spirobolellus lugubris Jeekel 2002b: 57 (in species list),
    58 (in species keys).
  Salpidobolus lugubris Marek et al. 2003: 88. (In Rhinocricidae catalogue; new combination!, see Note below.)

Types. Uncertain.
Locality. Wollongong, NSW.
Collector, date. Possibly collected by Edward Dämel for Museum Godeffroy; date not yet known.
Deposited. ZMH; 'holotype', Museum Godeffroy no. 348 (Weidner 1960: 101).
Note. Marek et al. (2003: 88) apparently placed this species in Rhinocricidae because Chamberlin (1920a: 179) assigned it (without explanation) to Dinematocricus.

Spirobolellus mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Poratobolus mjöbergi Verhoeff 1924: 100 (in species key),
    104 (first description),
    figs. 63-66, pl. 4.
  Poratobolus mjöbergi Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 19. (In genus catalogue as type of Poratobolus.)
  Poratobolus mjoebergi Jeekel 1971: 203. (In genus catalogue as type of Poratobolus.)
  Poratobolus mjoebergi Jeekel 1981: 32. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Spirobolellus mjoebergi Jeekel 1986: 43 (review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; new combination),
    44 (in species key).
  Spirobolellus mjoebergi Jeekel 2001b: 14. (In species catalogue.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Christmas Creek, Qld.
Collector, date. Collected during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. No information yet. NHRM?
Note. There are several 'Christmas Creeks' in Queensland and the type locality has not yet been located with certainty.

Spirobolellus scheltemai Jeekel, 2002
  Spirobolellus scheltemai Jeekel 2002b: 52 (first description),
    57 (in species list),
    58 (in species keys),
    figs. 1-3, p. 55; figs. 4-5, p. 56.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. 'QUEENSLAND: Plainland, 13 km E of Gatton, garbage dumping place along Warrego Highway, ruderal vegetation with Eucalyptus trees, under logs... (Australia Exped. 1980, Sta. 46)' (Jeekel 2002b: 52).
Collectors, date. C.A.W. Jeekel & A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers, 24 November 1980.
Deposited. ZMA.

Spirobolellus sjoestedti (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Queenslandobolus sjöstedti Verhoeff 1924: 100 (in species key),
    102 (first description),
    figs. 71-75, pl. 4.
  Queenslandobolus sjöstedti Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 20. (In genus catalogue as type of Queenslandobolus.)
  Queenslandobolus sjoestedti Jeekel 1971: 204. (In genus catalogue as type of Queenslandobolus.)
  Queenslandobolus sjoestedti Jeekel 1981: 31. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Spirobolellus sjoestedti Jeekel 1986: 43 (review of Spirobolellidae in Australia; new combination),
    44 (in species key).
  Spirobolellus sjoestedti Jeekel 2001b: 16. (In species catalogue.)
  Spirobolellus sjoestedti Jeekel 2002b: 57 (in species list),
    58 (in species keys).

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Colosseum, Qld.
Collector, date. Collected during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. No information yet. NHRM?