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 mertoni Carl, 1912a: 273-274 , figs 10-13 [ Trigoniulus ]. Aru-Archipel: Wald Dobo-Wangil, Wammer; Wardakau, Maikoor. Unspecified series, only ♂ mentioned explicitly. No specimens found in the MHNG collection. The SMF collection contains two specimens in alcohol in separate jars. One contains a ♂ with dissected gonopods in a microvial ( SMF 1368, here designated lectotype ) and “Aroe: Ins. Wammerm H. Merton, 1908” written on the identification label. The other contains a ♂ with dissected gonopods in a microvial ( SMF 1392) and “Aroe, H. Merton” written on the identification label. Trigoniulus mertoni was designated the type species of the genus Arostrophus Chamberlin, 1920 in the original description of the genus. Arostrophus mertoni (Carl, 1912) , Pachybolidae mimicus Carl, 1941b:608-610 , figs 59-64 [ Komphobolus ]. Palnis: Tigershola, zwischen Shembaganur und Maryland , unter der Rinde von Baumstrünken, 1650 m , 18.IV. One ♂ , two ♀ and one juvenile . The MHNG collection contains four specimens , three of them broken, in alcohol (MHNG-ARTO-14422). There is a data label with “Tiger-Shola bei Maryland 18.IV. unter Borke” written on it in pencil and the identification labels have “Palnis” and “Tigre-Shola (Palnis) 18.IV.27 , sous l’écorce de branches pourries” written on them respectively, indicating that the specimens are syntypes . There is also a microscope slide preparation of two anterior and one posterior gonopod (MHNG-ARTO-14423). Komphobolus mimicus is the type species of the genus Komphobolus Carl, 1941 by monotypy ( Jeekel, 1971 ).