MCZ Invertebrate Zoology DIPL-4985

Platyrrhacus fallens Chamberlin, 1920

Holotype of Platyrrhacus fallens

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1920-12-31

Oceania: Solomon Islands: Solomon Islands | Fulakora

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:DIPL-4985 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Platyrrhacus fallens Chamberlin, 1920
Animalia Arthropoda Diplopoda Helminthomorpha Merocheta Polydesmida Chelodesmidea Platyrhacidae
Determiner: Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1920, page 142, Holotype of Platyrrhacus fallens Chamberlin, 1920 p. 142-143. "TYPE.--M. C. Z. 4,985. PARATYPE.--M. C. Z. 4,986. Solomons: Fulakora (W. M. Mann)."
Media type: text; Chamberlin 1920 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIV no. 1;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Chamberlin 1920 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIV no. 1

  • collection number: RVC-4985

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: 2 legs: L, 12th segment; subsampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2025-05-23
subsampled by = Zoe Flores   determined date=2025-04-02   determined by=Zoe FloresORCID iD icon  
whole animal (70% ethanol) damaged in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: broken into three pieces; left gonopod in small vial

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Zoe Flores 2025-04-02
citation 1920. Bull. MCZ, vol. LXIV(1): 142-143 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • CURRENT/REVISED NAME: Betarhacus fallens (Chamberlin, 1920). 1 male. In "List of Chamberlin Species" file; with number.

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Solomon Islands
  • Island Group:
  • Solomon Islands
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000233 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Fulakora
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Solomon Islands, Fulakora
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1920-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • pre-1920 publication date
  • Collector:
  • William M. Mannlinked data icon

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