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Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus Verhoeff, 1939

AphiaID

994623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:994623)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Drakensius tugelanus (Verhoeff, 1939)

Rank

Species

Parent

Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Drakensius Verhoeff, 1939

Original name

Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus Verhoeff, 1939

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Subspecies Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus alticolus Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Drakensius tugelanus alticolus (Verhoeff, 1939)
Subspecies Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus unicolor Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Drakensius tugelanus unicolor (Verhoeff, 1939)

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Polydesmoideen, Colobognathen und Geophilomorphen aus Südafrica, besonders den Drakensbergen, Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum, 9(2): 203-224. Pietermaritzburg
page(s): 208,210; note: On p. 210 as Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus "typicus" [details]

Taxonomic citation

Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus Verhoeff, 1939. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordsByTaxonRankID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994623 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-06-12 09:24:14Z

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Mesibov, Robert

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Sources (5)

original description Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Polydesmoideen, Colobognathen und Geophilomorphen aus Südafrica, besonders den Drakensbergen, Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum, 9(2): 203-224. Pietermaritzburg
page(s): 208,210; note: On p. 210 as Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus "typicus" [details]

additional source Hamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82
page(s): 35; note: Lists species as Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus [details]

additional source Lawrence, R. F. (1953). A revision of the Polydesmoidea of Natal and Zulu land. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 291-350.
page(s): 328 [details]

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin
page(s): 411; note: As Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus tugelanus [details]

new combination reference Schubart, O. (1956). Diplopoda I: Proterospermophora. South African Animal Life, 3: 12-86. Uppsala
page(s): 61; note: Raises Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) to genus Drakensius with Gnomeskelus (Drakensius) tugelanus as genotype [details]