Millipedes of Australia


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Chordeumatida
Polydesmida
Polyxenida
Polyzoniida
Siphonophorida
Sphaerotheriida
Spirobolida
Spirostreptida
 
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species



Order
Spirostreptida


Family
Cambalidae
 
Genus
Apocoptogonus
Dimerogonus
Proscelomerion


Family
Iulomorphidae
 
Genus
Amastigogonus
Atelomastix
Dinocambala
Merioproscelum
Podykipus
Samichus
Thaumaceratopus
Victoriocambala


Unplaced spp.


Spirostreptida: Iulomorphidae:
Samichus spp.

Go to Samichus synonymy on Iulomorphidae introduction page


 

Samichus attemsii Verhoeff, 1944
  Samichus attemsii Verhoeff 1944a: 37 (in taxonomic discussion),
    44 (first description),
    figs. 13-15, p. 40; figs. 16-19, p. 41.

Types. Possibly 1 holotype male.
Locality. Denmark, WA.
Collector, date. See note under Amastigogonus fossuliger.
Deposited. No information yet.


 

Samichus decoratus Attems, 1911
  Samichus decoratus Attems 1911: 149 (in species list),
    198 (first description),
    figs. 90, 91, p. 198.
  Samichus decoratus Attems 1914: 293. (In species catalogue.)
  Samichus decoratus Chamberlin 1920a: 167. (In species catalogue.)
  Samichus decoratus Verhoeff 1924: 133. (In species list.)
  Samichus decoratus Verhoeff 1944a: 37. (In comparison with S. attemsii.)
  Samichus decoratus Jeekel 1971: 114. (In genus catalogue as type of Samichus.)

Types. At least 5 syntypes.
Locality. Torbay, WA (Hamburg Expedition station 162).
Collector, date. Hamburg Expedition, 19 August 1905 (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer 1907: 116).
Deposited. In ZMB: 3 partial syntypes missing heads and anterior segments, ZMB 5164 (Moritz & Fischer 1974: 359).
  In ZMH: 1 'paratype' (Weidner 1960: 100).
  In WAM: 1 male, WAM 13/7150 (Koch 1980: 302; see also WAM types webpage).