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 nilgirensis Carl, 1932: 477-478 , figs 85, 89, 90 [ Pseudosphaeroparia ]. Nilgiris: Coonor [sic], 1600 m , im Urwald, unter Laub und Moder, 24.XII.26 ; schattiger Wegrand, unter Steinen auf Mulm, 4.I.27 , ♂ und ♀ Typen ; Dodabetta Reserved Forest, ca. 2400 m , unter faulem Holz, 11.I.27 ; Elk-Hill ca. 2400 m , Shola unter Steinen, 14.I.27 ; Avalanche, Shola, 2050 m . Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀ . The MHNG collection contains 30 specimens in alcohol in two jars. The first jar (MHNG-ARTO-18594) contains four specimens . The data label has “Coonoor 4.I Wegrand” written on it. The identification label has “ Pseudosphaeroparia niligrensis Carl types !” indicating that the specimens are syntypes . The second jar (MHNG- ARTO-18595) contains two vials, each with specimens from two localites separated by a cotton wool plug. The first vial contains one specimen with a data label with “Nilgiris Avalanche R.F.” written on it and ten specimens with a data label with “Coonoor 2- 4.XII petite jungle” written on it. The second vial contains two specimens , one of them broken, with a data label with “Nilgiris Elkhill Sholas 14.I.27 ” written on it and 13 specimens with a data label with “Nilgiris Dodabetta R.F.” written on it. The specimens in the second jar are not part of the type series. Pseudosphaeroparia nilgirensis Carl, 1932 , Fuhrmannodesmidae