An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl Author Hollier, John Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland. E-mail: john. hollier @ ville-ge. ch john.hollier@ville-ge.ch Author Stöckli, Eduard Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, CH- 4051 Basel, Switzerland. E-mail: eduard. stoeckli @ bs. ch eduard.stoeckli@bs.ch Author Wesener, Thomas Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany. E-mail: T. Wesener @ leibniz-zfmk. de esener@leibniz-zfmk.de Author Mesibov, Robert West Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia 7315. E-mail: robert. mesibov @ gmail. com robert.mesibov@gmail.com Author Decker, Peter Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Department of Soil Zoology, Am Museum 1, D- 02826 Görlitz, Germany. E-mail: peter. decker @ senckenberg. de peter.decker@senckenberg.de Author Sierwald, Petra Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA. E-mail: psierwald @ fmnh. org psierwald@fmnh.org text Revue suisse de Zoologie 2020 2020-06-04 127 1 183 240 http://dx.doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0015 journal article 10.35929/RSZ.0015 0035-418 5743454 palnensis Carl, 1932: 472-476 , figs 75-84 [ Pseudosphaeroparia ]. Upper-Palnis: Shola bei Kodaikanal, 2200 m ; Maryianshola, unter Holz, 11.-14.IV , 2350 m ; Kukkal-shola, 1.IV , 2000 m ; Vandaravu-shola, 2350 m , 6.- 10.IV ; Sholas und Akazien-Wäldchen ob Pumbarai, 1950 m , 29.III. Lower- Palnis: Shola bei Maryland , 20.IV. 1600 m: Cardamum- Pflanzung bei Tandikudi, 23.IV. , 1500 m . Travancore: Grosser Wald im oberen Vattavadai-Tal, 10.IV , 1850 m , zwischen Palnis und Anaimalais. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀ . The MHNG collection contains 84 specimens in alcohol in two jars. The first jar (MHNG-ARTO-18597) contains five broken specimens and a small vial with dissected parts including gonopods. The data label has “Palnis sup., Kodaikanal, IV.27 ” written on it. The identification label has “ types ” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . Although these specimens are the only ones to be labelled as types , there was no such designation in the original description and the whole series are syntypes . The second jar contains eight vials. The first vial (MHNG- ARTO-18599) contains five specimens , two of them badly broken. The data label has “Travancore, Vattavardai” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . The second vial (MHNG-ARTO-18600) contains parts of at least 20 specimens , many of them broken. The data label has “Palnis sup., Kukkal-Shola” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . The third vial (MHNG-ARTO-18601) contains parts of at least 20 specimens . The data label has “Palnis sup., Vandaravu, 6- 10.IV. ” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . The forth vial (MHNG-ARTO-18602) contains one broken specimen. The data label has “Palnis sup., Maryian-Shola, 11.IV. ” written on it, indicating that the specimen is a syntype . The fifth vial (MHNG- ARTO-18598) contains two specimens , one fragmented. The data label has “Palnis inf., Pumbarai, bosquet d’acacias” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . The sixth vial (MHNG-ARTO-18603) contains parts of at least 15 specimens . The data label has “Palnis sup., Pumbarai pet. Shola 29.III. ” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . The seventh vial (MHNG-ARTO-18604) contains three specimens . The data label has “Palnis inf., Tandikudi 23.IV. ” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . The eighth vial (MHNG-ARTO-18605) contains 13 specimens . The data label has “Palnis inf., Maryland 10.IV. ♂ ” written on it, and although the date on the label does not match that given in the original description the specimens are almost certainly syntypes . Pseudosphaeroparia palnensis was explicitly designated as the type species of the genus Pseudosphaeroparia Carl, 1932 in the original description . Pseudosphaeroparia palnensis palnensis Carl, 1932 , Fuhrmannodesmidae