An annotated list of the Diplopoda described by Aloïs Humbert alone and with Henri de Saussure, and the Diplopoda from Saussure’s Mexico expedition
Author
John Hollier
Author
Edmund Schiller
Author
Nesrine Akkari
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Revue suisse de Zoologie
2017
2017-09-30
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10.5281/zenodo.893503
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javanus
Saussure, 1859a: 324
-325 [
Polydesmus
(
Leptodesmus
)
].
L’île de Java. Unspecified series.
Carl (1902)
redescribed the species, illustrating the gonopod, on the basis of a single ♂ “Originalexemplar.” The MHNG collection contains one card-mounted specimen under the name
Platyrrhacus javanus
, the name used by Carl. The specimen is labelled “Java, M Melly” and should be regarded as the lectotype, designated by holotype assumption by
Carl (1902: 656)
who clearly stated that he had the one “Originalexemplar.” The generic placement is uncertain; here we follow
Carl (1902)
.
Platyrhacus javanus
(Saussure, 1859)