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Dunlop JA, Friederichs A, Langermann J (2017) A catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 281-295. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.12882
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An annotated catalogue of the type and non-type scutigeromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha) held in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is presented. The collection includes material from throughout the world, with a focus on former German colonies. Notes on collectors and localities are provided where appropriate. Type material for 42 Recent species or subspecies is present; all described in the early 20th century by Karl Verhoeff. However, only seven of these names remain valid with the other thirty-five currently regarded as junior synonyms. The collection in its entirety includes material from nineteen currently valid species, making up about 20% of the known world fauna. The type of a fossil species in Eocene Baltic amber is also listed for completeness.
Chilopoda , Scutigeromorpha , House centipede, Type material, Karl Verhoeff
Scutigeromorphs (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha) – colloquially known as house centipedes – are distinctive, long-legged myriapods widely perceived as the earliest branching clade within the Chilopoda. In fact they are one of the most ancient terrestrial arthropod groups, with fossils known from the late Silurian (
Scutigeromorph types in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (
The Berlin collection is unusual in that all 42 Recent scutigeromorph type series stem from a single worker, Karl [Carl] Verhoeff, who described them in seven publications between 1904 and 1939. Among myriapodologists it is widely recognized that Verhoeff was a ‘splitter’, emphasizing minor differences between specimens and using these to define a substantial number of species and subspecies. As a consequence, an unusually large percentage (83%: 35 out of 42) of our scutigeromorph types have since been reinterpreted as junior synonyms and only seven names currently remain valid: Thereuopoda chinensis Verhoeff, 1905, Parascutigera dahli Verhoeff, 1904, Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904, Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905; Parascutigera noduligera pahangiensis Verhoeff, 1937, Thereuopodina tenuicornis Verhoeff, 1905 and Thereuonema turkestana Verhoeff, 1905. In fairness, Verhoeff was not alone in creating synonyms for scutigeromorphs. A cursory glance at the synonymy lists for the more common and widespread species (
One could argue that this high level of synonymy weakens the overall significance of the Berlin collection, which at the present time (Table
Systematic overview of the 19 currently valid species in the
Scutigeromorpha Pocock, 1895 |
Pselliodidae Chamberlin, 1955 |
Sphendononema Verhoeff, 1904 |
1. Sphendononema guildingii (Newport, 1845) |
= Pselliophora pulchritaris Verhoeff, 1904* |
2. Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844) |
= Pselliophora annuligera Verhoeff, 1904* |
= Sphendononema annulipes Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Sphendononema camerunense Verhoeff, 1904* |
= Pselliophora maculata Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Pselliophora marmorata Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Pselliophora massaica Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Pselliophora vagans Verhoeff, 1905* |
Scutigerinidae Attems, 1926 |
Scutigerina Silvestri, 1904 |
3. Suctigerina weberi Silvestri, 1904 |
Scutigeridae Leach, 1814 |
Allothereua Verhoeff, 1905 |
4. Allothereua maculata (Newport, 1844) |
Ballonema Verhoeff, 1904 |
5. Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904* |
Lassophora Verhoeff, 1905 |
6. [Lassophora nossibei (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)] |
= Lassophora madagascariensis Verhoeff, 1905* |
Parascutigera Verhoeff, 1904 |
7. Parascutigera dahli Verhoeff, 1904* |
8. Parascutigera noduligera pahangiensis Verhoeff, 1937* |
Podothereua Verhoeff, 1905 |
9. Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905* |
Scutigera Lamark, 1801 |
10. Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) |
= Scutigera asiaeminoris Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Scutigera coleoptera graeca Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Scutigera coleoptera insularum Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Scutigera coleoptera natalensis Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Scutigera mohamedanica Verhoeff, 1936* |
= Scutigera muscivora Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Scutigera rubrovittata Verhoeff, 1905* |
11. Scutigera rubrilineata (Newport, 1844) |
Tachythereua Verhoeff, 1905 |
12. [Tachythereua hispanica (Meinert, 1886)] |
= Tachythereua maroccana Verhoeff, 1905* |
Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904 |
13. [Thereuonema microstoma (Meinert, 1886)] |
= Thereuonema acinacifera Verhoeff, 1936* |
= Thereuonema syriaca Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Thereuonema syriaca var. aegyptica Verhoeff, 1905 |
14. Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862) |
= Theuropoda annulata Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Thereuonema annulata spinigera var. spingera Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Therenonema dilatationis Verhoeff, 1936* |
= Thereuonema hilgendorfi Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Therenonema hilgendorfi var. koreana Verhoeff, 1936* |
= Theuruonema mandschuria Verhoeff, 1936* |
15. Thereuonema turkestana Verhoeff, 1905* |
Thereuopoda Verhoeff, 1904 |
16. Thereuopoda clunifera (Wood, 1862) |
= Thereuopoda ferox Verhoeff, 1936* |
17. Thereuopoda chinensis Verhoeff, 1905* |
18. Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) |
= Thereuonema (Thereuopoda) amokiana Verhoeff, 1904* |
= Theuropoda decipiens Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Theuropoda decipiens cavernicola Verhoeff, 1937* |
= Thereuopoda flagellifera Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Thereuopoda flagellifera rangoonensis Verhoeff, 1939 |
= Thereuopoda multidentata Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Theuropoda nana Verhoeff, 1905* |
= Theuropoda viridescens Verhoeff, 1937* |
Thereuopodina Verhoeff, 1905 |
19. Thereuopodina tenuicornis Verhoeff, 1905* |
Alcohol material of scutigeromorph centipedes in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. a. Overview of the type collection on the shelves. b. Example of a jar containing type material, Theuropoda decipiens cavernicola Verhoeff, 1937 from Malaysia – a junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) – with the historical external label and red ring indicating type material. c. A syntype of the same species, now removed from the jar, with the historical internal label. Note that some legs have become disarticulated as happens commonly with these centipedes.
Examples of microscope slides from the Karl Verhoeff collection bearing dissected parts of the anatomy.
Historical dry, pinned specimens of scutigeromorph centipedes. a.
Most specimens have been assigned an individual repository number using our traditional acronym
Thereuonema acinacifera Verhoeff, 1936
Syntype, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema microstoma (Meinert, 1886); synonymized by
Thereuonema syriaca var. aegyptica Verhoeff, 1905a
Paratypes, 1♂, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema microstoma (Meinert, 1886); synonymized by
The collectors were the famous explorers Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich (1796–1825) and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876), who were active in the Middle East from 1820 until Hemprich’s death in 1825. Note that the alcohol type material of this subspecies is currently stored in the ‘syriaca’ jar.
Thereuonema (Thereuopoda) amokiana Verhoeff, 1904
Syntypes, 3♂, 4♀, 2 juv.,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymized by
The collector was the explorer Hans Fruhstorfer (1866–1922), also a noted entomologist specializing on butterflies, who was active in Java from 1890–1893.
Theuropoda annulata Verhoeff, 1905a
Syntypes, 1♂, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862); synonymized by
“Tsingtau” was a German colonial possession from 1898–1914. The collector may have been a naval officer, Dr H. Glaue, who was a student of the zoologist H. Korschelt from Kiel and who subsequently tried to establish a biological station in Tsingtau in 1912.
Pselliophora annuligera Verhoeff, 1904
Syntypes, 2♂, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by
The collector was probably Gustav Denhardt (1856–1917); one of a pair of brothers who undertook several expeditions to east Africa and were active in promoting the exploration and use of the Tana river. Gustav was still in the area in 1895, his brother having returned to Germany. Note that the Tana region may refer to the Tana river which today lies within the political boundaries of Kenya.
Sphendononema annulipes Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by
The collector was Leopold Conradt (dates uncertain) who established the Johann-Albrechts-Höhe station in Cameroon during its time as a German colonial possession.
Syntypes, 1♂, 2♀, 3890 / 3890a–g (Verhoeff slide nrs 2690–2696); “Taurus, Cilicien” [Taurus Mountains, Çukurova, Turkey]; leg. Holtz 1896.
Junior synonym of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758); synonymized by
Sphendononema camerunense Verhoeff, 1904
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by
The collector was Ernst Baumann (1871–1895) who studied natural history before taking up a post at Missahoe in 1893 through the Colonial Department of the German Foreign Office. He collected zoological, botanical and ethnological material, but contracted malaria and died on his return to Germany. The type locality is a former German ‘Kolonialstation’ and now falls within the political boundaries of Togo. Note that slide number 2850 could not be found as of 2016.
Theuropoda decipiens cavernicola Verhoeff, 1937
Syntype, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymized by
Holotype, ♀,
Thereuopoda chinensis Verhoeff, 1905.
Parascutigera dahli Verhoeff, 1904
Holotype, ♀,
Parascutigera dahli Verhoeff, 1904.
The collector was Friedrich Dahl (1856–1929), a former curator of arachnids in Berlin who collected extensively in the Bismark Archipelago in 1895–1896 as part of the ‘Ralum project’ before taking up his post in the Berlin museum.
Theuropoda decipiens Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymized by
There is historical to reference to a “Pongoor bei Malakka” which implies a type locality in the Malacca State of Malaysia. It may well be an older name for Pangkor Island, whereby Fedor Jagor (1816–1900) is known to have collected material in “Pongoor” for the Berlin museum in 1873–1876 and again from 1890–1893.
Thereuonema dilatationis Verhoeff, 1936
Syntype, 1♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862); synonymized by
Thereuopoda ferox Verhoeff, 1936
Holotype. ♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda clunifera (Wood, 1862); synonymized by
Thereuopoda flagellifera Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymised by
The type locality could be a misrepresentation of Bolgoda Lake, south of the capital Colombo, the largest natural lake in Sri Lanka.
Ballomena gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904
Syntypes, 3♂,
Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904
The collector could be Richard Rohde (dates uncertain), but a detailed biography is lacking.
Scutigera coleoptera graeca Verhoeff, 1905a
Syntype, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758; synonymized by
The collector was Eberhard von Oertzen (1856–1908) who was a noted amateur specialist on beetles and collected extensively in the eastern Mediterranean (including the Greek islands) both in 1884–1885 and again in 1887. The present type material obviously stems from his second expedition. Further biographical notes can be found in
Thereuonema hilgendorfi Verhoeff, 1905a
Syntype, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862); synonymized by
Eduard von Martens (1831–1904) was curator of molluscs at the Berlin museum and took part in the 1860 ‘Thetis’ [or Eulenburg] Expedition to the Far East which included a port of call at Yokohama. Franz Hilgendorf (1839–1904) was another Berlin curator (for fish and crustaceans) and a pioneer of zoological research in Japan. He was active here from 1873–1876 as a lecturer at the Imperial Medical Academy in Tokyo. Details about the third collector (Brauns) were not available.
Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905b
Syntypes;
Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905
For notes on the collector see P. dahli.
Scutigera coleoptera insularum Verhoeff, 1905a
Syntypes, 1♂, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758; synonymized by
Therenonema hilgendorfi var. koreana Verhoeff, 1936
Holotype, ♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema tuberculata (Verhoeff, 1905); synonymized by
Pselliophora maculata Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by
The collector could be the explorer and later governor of German East Africa [Tanzania], Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (1866–1910). The expedition which led to this material was probably that undertaken from 1893–1894.
Lassophora madagascariensis Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Lassophora nossibei (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1902); synonymized by
The collector was the botanist and explorer Johann Maria Hildebrandt (1847–1881) who was active in Madagascar from 1880 until his death there from fever in 1881. A precise locality for the type material is not available.
Theuruonema mandschuria Verhoeff, 1936
Syntype, 1♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862); synonymized by
Pselliophora marmorata Verhoeff, 1905a
Syntypes, 1♂, 1♀,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by
Tachythereua maroccana Verhoeff, 1905b
Syntypes, 1♂, 8♀,
Junior synonym of Tachythereua hispanica (Meinert, 1886); synonymized by
The collector was the explorer and ethnologist Max Quedenfeldt (1851–1891) who was active in Morocco (and neighboring lands) and was widely regarded by contemporaries as one of the most knowledgeable people about this country. Material from Tangier suggests a specific collecting trip made in 1885.
Pselliophora massaica Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by
The collector was Carl Georg Schillings (1865–1921), a big game hunter and explorer who collected in Tanzania (as German East Africa) for the Berlin Museum during several trips made between 1896 and 1903.
Scutigera mohamedanica Verhoeff, 1936
Syntype, ♀,
Junior synonym of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758); synonymised by
Thereuopoda multidentata Verhoeff, 1905b
Holotype, ♀,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymized by
Pagel appears to have been a doctor who was based in northern Borneo from 1891–1901. Without further information it is difficult to fix the type locality to a country, but a northern occurrence suggests Malaysia rather than Indonesia.
Scutigera muscivora Verhoeff, 1905a
Syntypes, 2 specimens,
Junior synonym of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758); synonymized by
The non-slide material is currently held in the dry collection.
Theuropoda nana Verhoeff, 1905a
Syntype, 1♂ juv.,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymized by
The collector was the ornithologist Friedrich [Fritz] Grabowsky (1857–1929), who collected in Borneo and other localities in Southeast Asia in 1881–1882 and later became director of the zoological gardens of Breslau, now Wrocław in Poland.
Scutigera coleoptera natalensis Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758; synonymized by
The collector could be the Berlin-based physician and medical staff officer (‘Oberstabsarzt’), Hermann Rabl-Rückhard (1839–1905), although it’s not clear from available biographical details whether he visited South Africa.
Parascutigera noduligera pahangiensis Verhoeff, 1937
Syntypes, 1♂, 1♀,
Parascutigera noduligera pahangiensis Verhoeff, 1937.
Pselliophora pulchritarsis Verhoeff, 1904
Holotype, ♀,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema guildingii (Newport, 1845); synonymized by
At the time of writing this species is erroreously databased in Chilobase as “pulchritaris”. The original spelling in
Thereuopoda flagellifera rangoonensis Verhoeff, 1939
Syntype, 1♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymized by
Type material consists of slide-mounted material only.
Scutigera rubrovittata Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758); synonymized by
For notes on the collector see S. coleoptera graeca.
Thereuonema annulata spinigera var. spinigera Verhoeff, 1905c
Syntype 1♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862); synonymized by
For notes on the collector Hilgendorf see T. hilgendorfi.
Thereuonema syriaca Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuonema microstoma (Meinert, 1886); synonymized by Stoev and Geoffery (2004).
The collector was the anthropologist and archaeologist Felix von Luschan (1854–1924) who undertook excavations in Sam’al [formerly Sendschirli] which now lies in the Gaziantep Province of Turkey, close to the modern Syrian border.
Thereuopodina tenuicornis Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Thereuopodina tenuicornis Verhoeff, 1905.
It is not immediately clear whether “Panachnoll” refers to the type locality or, perhaps, to the collector. We were unable to match this word, neither to a modern place name in Sri Lanka, nor to an individual.
Holotype, ♀,
Thereuonema turkestana Verhoeff, 1905.
The collector was Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794–1860) who visited Bukhara in 1820 and became a professor of natural history at the University of Kazan. Eversmann sent specimens to Heinrich Lichtenstein, the then director of the Berlin Museum which had recently been founded (in 1810). Thus
Pselliophora vagans Verhoeff, 1905a
Holotype, ♂,
Junior synonym of Sphendononema rugosa (Newport, 1844); synonymized by
The collector was Julius Falkenstein (1842–1917), a military doctor who took part in the ‘Loango Expedition’ of 1873–1876 to the Congo river delta under Paul Güßfeldt. “Chinchoxo”, sometimes spelled Tschintschotscho, was a station on this expedition. The site of Chinchoxo is a few km north of the modern locality of Lândana, now in an enclave of Angola known as Cabinda Province, surrounded by both the Republic of the Congo to the north and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south.
Theuropoda viridescens Verhoeff, 1937
Syntype, 1♂,
Junior synonym of Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793); synonymized by
1 specimen,
The number in the jar is not a
1 dry specimen (as Pselliophora vagans Verhoeff, 1905); “Congo”, leg. Heyne.
3 dry specimens in poor condition (all labelled as Pselliophora). (a) Para, Brasil; leg Bertram, 1975. (b) “Ceylon” [Sri Lanka]; leg Nietner. (c) Zanzibar [Tanzania]; leg. Hildebrandt.
The collector of the Sri Lankan material was Johannes Nietner (1828–1874), a gardener in the botanical garden in Paradeniya. Note that the identification of the Sri Lankan specimen should be treated with caution (G. Edgecombe, pers. comm.) as this would represent a considerable range extension both for the genus and the family Pselliodid as a whole.
2 specimens;
The “Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition” – sometimes referred to as the “Gauß-Expedition” – ran from 1901–1903 under the leadership of Erich von Drygalski. The Simons Town material was evidently collected during a stopover in South Africa on the return leg of the expedition.
3 specimens;
The collector of
1 specimen,
The collector of
1 dry specimen;
With respect to the dry record from Carolina, this predominantly southern European (but also synanthropic species) is also known from the USA and several other places, although it is not entirely clear whether S. coleoptrata is native or introduced here. Most of the material is from southern Europe and the Canary Islands. The collectors Dirk Striebing, Sepp Lüdecke and Hella Wendt were all former staff members of the
1 specimen (as rubrolineata);
The Sri Lankan material here was presumably assigned to Cermatia rubrolineata, described by Newport from ‘India Orientali’; the status of which is currently uncertain (P. Stoev pers. comm., 2017). In Chilobase it is suggested that this species might be conspecific with Thereuonema microstoma (Meinert, 1886).
2 specimens;
The Ethiopian material was collected by the ornithologists Carlo von Erlangen (1872–1932) and Oscar Neumann (1867–1946) who were active in East Africa. The Paraguayan material may stem from the botanist Andrés Barbero (1877–1951). Details of the other collectors are uncertain.
Two additional dry specimens,
7 specimens;
4 specimens. Unnumbered. “Alexandrowskajgebirge, Kappak-District, Turkestan” [Alexandrowskaja Mountains]; leg H. Rolle V.[19]06.
We could not find a precise modern equivalent for this locality, but older atlases indicate an “Alexandergb.” mountain range which corresponds to the Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountains east of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. There is also a town of “Alexandrowskaya” on older maps, probably close to the modern Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan), but this is in lowlands nearer the Aral Sea.
7 specimens;
1 specimen;
The collector Haberer could be the doctor and naturalist Karl Albert Haberer (1864–1941) who is noted as having been active in China and Japan around 1899. He collected a molar tooth in China that eventually led to the discovery of “Peking Man”.
2 specimens (as S. nobilis (Templeton, 1843));
2 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; “Formosa” [Taiwan]; leg. Sauter. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; [Taiwan]; leg. Sauter?; 28.XII.1907. 2 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; “Ceylon” [Sri Lanka]; leg. H. Schoede; 17.II.1906. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; “Hogoofield”; leg. Barthmann. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; “Afrika, Darsessalam, Pangani” [Dar es Salaam, Pangani, Tanzania]; leg. Regner; 1909. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; [Transvaal, South Africa]; leg. Ulbrich; V.1914. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; [eastern Africa]; leg. Scheffer; 1906. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; placement, date and collector uncertain. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; “in totem Nest von Banintermiten”; leg. Amani; 31.I.1905. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; “Urwald” [jungle]; leg. Fr. Fischer. 2 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; leg. Garua; 23.IV.1909. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; [Cameroon, Lake Chad]; leg. Riggenbach; 1909. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered, “Tabora” [Tanzania, Tabora]; leg. Zickendraht. 1 alcohol specimen; unnumbered; [Africa]; leg. Emmerling. 3 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; leg. Hügmens; VI-VII.1901. 2 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; “Formosa” [Taiwan]. 2 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; [Tokyo, Japan]; leg. Gottsche S. 3 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; [Takao, Taiwan]; 16.XI.1907. 4 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; “Funchal”; leg. W. Liebe; 10.VII.1925. 6 alcohol specimens; unnumbered; [Madeira]; leg. Liebe; 15.-20.VII.1924. 2 dry specimens;
Cermatia illigeri Koch & Berendt, 1854
Holotype,
Scutigera illigeri (Koch & Berendt, 1854).
The repository of another amber species described by these authors, Cermatia leachi Koch & Berendt, 1854, unfortunately remains equivocal. It could not be traced in the Berlin palaeontology collection at the time of writing (C. Neumann, pers. comm.).
We thank Kimberly Primke for technical assistance with documenting material, Manfred Marschallek for additional help with checking collector and locality details, Christian Neumann for information on the