Acquisition records of the type material and biographical data of its collector make it likely that the type locality of Eoperipatus sumatranus (Sedgwick) is Mt. Arjuno, E. Java, and not E. Sumatra. Biographical data for W.J.E. Hekmeijer and some of his closest relatives are given.

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van der Lande, V. M., & Holthuis, L. (1986). The type locality of Eoperipatus sumatranus (Sedgwick, 1888), with biographical notes on its collector W.J.E. Hekmeijer. Zoologische Bijdragen, 33(1), 3–22.