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
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Revue suisse de Zoologie
2020
2020-06-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0015
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willeyi
Carl, 1932: 425-426
, figs 6-7 [
Orthomorpha
(
Kalorthomorpha
)
].
Ceylon
:
Kala Oya
,
XII
1905
,
Dr.
A. Willey
leg. (
Brit. Museum
).
Unspecified
number of
♂
and
♀
.
The
MHNG
collection contains a
♀
specimen and isolated gonopods in alcohol (MHNG-ARTO-14384).
The
intact specimen has a pin running the length of the body and is accompanied by a small vial containing the gonopods and a leg.
The
label in the large vial has “
Orth. (Kalorthomopha) willeyi Carl
,
♀
cotype,
♂
gonopodes et 3e patte.
Ceylon
ex. Brit. Musem” written on it, indicating that the specimens are
syntypes
.
The
rest of the
♂
was returned to the
BMNH
.
A handwritten label in the jar indicates that the specimens were studied by
Jeekel
in
1976.
Jeekel (1980a)
designated
Orthomorpha willeyi
as the
type
species of the genus
Pyragrogonus
Jeekel,
1980
in the original description of the genus.
Pyragrogonus willeyi
(
Carl, 1932
)
,
Paradoxosomatidae