Damon johnstonii (Pocock, 1894)

Species

Damon australis Simon, 1886a: 575-576; Fage, 1939a: 110; Mello-Leitão, 1939b: 605; Weygoldt, 1999a: 37 (as synonym of Titanodamon johnstonii).

Titanodamon johnstonii Pocock, 1894d: 291-292, plate 8 figs 2, 2a-b; Pocock, 1896c: fig. on p. 219; Lönnberg, 1897a: 191-192; Pocock, 1899e: 837-838 (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Pocock, 1902a: fig. 3 (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Pocock, 1902b: figs 42b-c, 45 (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Kraepelin, 1929: 90 (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Mello-Leitão, 1931: 37 (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Snodgrass, 1948: fig. 8a (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Fage, 1939a: 110, figs 3b, 3b', 4a, 4a', 5b, 6; Millot, 1949d: fig. 345 (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Fage, 1954: 181, fig. 2 (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Lawrence, 1958b: 858, figs 1a, 1c (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Lawrence, 1968a: 5, fig. 1g (as Titanodamon johnstoni); Lawrence, 1969b: 86 (as Titanodamon johnstoni).

Titanodamon medius johnstonii Pocock: Kraepelin, 1895: 16 (as Titanodamon medius johnstoni); Scheuring, 1913: 590 (as Titanodamon medius-johnstoni); Hansen, 1921: 7 (as Titanodamon medius johnstoni).

Damon variegatus (Perty): Kraepelin, 1895: 19; Kraepelin, 1899a: 239-240 (in part).

Damon medius johnstoni (Pocock): Kraepelin, 1899a: 239, fig. 65 (as Damon medius johnstoni); Strand, 1916: 71 (as Damon medius johnstoni); Werner, 1935a: fig. 180 (as Damon medius johnstoni).

Damon johnstonii (Pocock): Weygoldt, 1999a: 5-9, figs 1-9; Weygoldt, 1999c: 109, fig. 24; Weygoldt, 2000a: figs 285-286, 293; Weygoldt, 2000b: 342, 346, figs 11-12; Harvey, 2003c: 12; Weygoldt, 2003b: 188-189.

Type Locality

Damon australis: "Patagonia méridionale", but mislabelled.

Titanodamon johnstonii: Rio-del-Rey (as Rio del Rez), Sud-Ouest, Cameroon.

Distribution

Distribution
Cameroon
Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Nigeria

An application has been made to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to suppress Damon australis for nomenclatural purposes (Weygoldt, 1999a: 37).

Damon australis Simon, 1886
Titanodamon johnstonii Pocock, 1894

Latitude: 4°44'N

Longitude: 8°39'E

Coordinates based upon: Rio-del-Rey