MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 89760

Leptodesmus (Brachyurodesmus) parallelus Attems 1898

Syntype of Leptodesmus parallelus

Date Collected:

1868-10-13/1898-12-31

South America: Paraguay | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:89760 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Leptodesmus (Brachyurodesmus) parallelus Attems 1898
Animalia Arthropoda Diplopoda Helminthomorpha Merocheta Polydesmida Chelodesmidea Chelodesmidae
Determiner: Carl Graf Attems
Nature of ID: type ID

Attems 1898, page 393, Syntype of Leptodesmus parallelus Attems 1898 p. 393. Taf. VI, fig. 130, 131. Syntype, potentially holotype. "Heimat: Paraguay. (Berliner Mus.)"

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: leg: loose; subsampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2025-04-11
subsampled by = Zoe Flores   determined date=2025-02-26   determined by=Zoe FloresORCID iD icon  
whole animal (70% ethanol) damaged in collection 1 History (3)

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 2025-02-26

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  • CURRENT/REVISED TAXONOMY: Brachyurodesmus parallelus (Attems, 1898). 1 male. published with Brachyurodesmus as a subgenus of Leptodesmus. Newer label: "CHELODESMIDAE: Brachyurodesmus parallelus (Attems, 1899) [male] At least a syntype, if not in fact the HOLOTYPE of Leptodesmus parallelus Attems !!! (R.L. Hoffman, 1969 !! )"

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  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Paraguay
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Paraguay
  • Georeference:
  • -23.000000°, -58.000000° (Error radius: 542702m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-08-11 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1868-10-13 / 1898-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Carl Graf Attems

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