Abstract
The type locality of the Central Asian solpugid Gylippus rickmersi Kraepelin, 1899 (currently a junior synonym of Gylippus (Anoplogylippus) ferganensis Birula, 1893), is herein finally clarified. Based upon a reliable external source, i.e., detailed data published by the collector of the holotype, it is found to be not Bukhara city in southern Uzbekistan (as traditionally assumed since the original description), but actually Baljuvon town in western Tajikistan.
Highlights
The Central Asian solpugid Gylippus rickmersi Kraepelin, 1899 was regarded as a junior synonym of Gylippus (Anoplogylippus) ferganensis Birula, 1893 by Birula (1907)
Rickmers and the collecting site as Buchara, without further precision (Kraepelin, 1900). Thereafter, it was interpreted by essentially all subsequent authors as the capital city of the () Bukhara Khanate, located in the southern part of modern Uzbekistan
The noteworthy exception is found in the global catalogue of Harvey (2003: 277), which listed it as "Bukhara, Tajikistan or Uzbekistan"
Summary
The Central Asian solpugid Gylippus rickmersi Kraepelin, 1899 was regarded as a junior synonym of Gylippus (Anoplogylippus) ferganensis Birula, 1893 by Birula (1907). Rickmers and the collecting site as Buchara, without further precision (Kraepelin, 1900). Thereafter, it was interpreted by essentially all subsequent authors as the capital city of the () Bukhara Khanate, located in the southern part of modern Uzbekistan.
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