Oroperipatus soratanus ( Bouvier, 1901 ), 2012

Sarmiento, Jaime, Barrera, Soraya, Mariscal, Alberto & Saj, Stéphane, 2025, Over a century later, new records of Oroperipatus balzani (Camerano, 1897; Onychophora: Peripatidae) from Sara Ana Research and Training Center (Bolivian Yungas, La Paz, Bolivia), with a checklist of the species known from the country, Soil Organisms (Toronto, Ont.) 97 (1), pp. 43-54 : 49

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scientific name	Oroperipatus soratanus ( Bouvier, 1901 )
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Treatment

3. Oroperipatus soratanus ( Bouvier, 1901) View in CoL

Synonyms:

Peripatus soratanus View in CoL , as originally designated ( Bouvier 1901: 168);

Peripatus soratanus ( Bouvier 1905: 143) View in CoL

Oroperipatus soratanus ( Clark 1913: 16) View in CoL

Oroperipatus soratanus ( Peck 1975: 348) View in CoL

Holotype: Not designated.

Type locality: BOLIVIA, La Paz, Sorata.

Distribution: Known solely from the type locality.

Specimen localization: Natural History Museum of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.

Language of species description: French.

Taxonomic characteristics: Requires thorough revision.

Remarks: Like O. intermedius, Bouvier (1901) described O. soratanus from a female specimen collected in Bolivia and housed at the Natural History Museum of Lübeck. Consequently, the specimen may also be missing, underscoring the importance of acquiring new samples to enhance understanding of this species‘ taxonomy and natural history.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Onychophora
Family	Peripatidae
Genus	Oroperipatus