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 areatus Carl, 1932: 490-493 , figs 114-118 [ Archandrodesmus ]. Upper-Palnis: Kodaikanal, 24.X.1894 , J.R. Henderson leg. (Brit. Museum); Bombay-Shola bei Kodaikanal, 2200 m , unter Holz; Maryian-Shola, 2300 m , 11.-14. IV ; Kleine Sholas und Mimosawäldchen bei Pumbarai, 1900 m , 29.III ; Kukkal-Shola unter Holz, 1.IV ; kleine Kaffee-Plantage unterhalb Kukkal und Pumbarai, 1900 m ; Sholas bei Vandaravu F.R., 2300 m , unter Holz, 6.IV. Travancore: Grosser Wald im oberen Vattavadai- Tal, zwischen Palnis und Anaimalais, 1850 m , 10.IV. Lower Palnis: Tandikudi, 1500 m , auf Mauer, nach Regen. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀ . The MHNG collection contains 148 specimens in alcohol in eight vials. The first vial (MHNG-ARTO-14364) contains 14 specimens , two of them broken and a data label with “Travancore Vattavadai” written on it. The second vial (MHNG-ARTO-14365) contains 43 specimens , several of them broken, and a data label with “Palnis sup. Vandaravu” written on it. The third vial (MHNG- ARTO-14366) contains nine specimens and a data label with “Palnis sup. Kukkal-Shola” written on it. The fourth vial (MHNG-ARTO-14367) contains 13 specimens and two data labels with “Palnis sup. Pumbarai” and “Mimosawäldchen ob. Pumbarai, 29.III , Unter Holz” written on them respectively. The fifth vial (MHNG- ARTO-14368) contains 17 specimens , some broken, and a data label with “Palnis sup. Maryian-Shola” written on it. The sixth vial (MHNG-ARTO-14369) contains 14 specimens and a data label with “Palnis sup. Kukkal, plantation” written on it. The seventh vial (MHNG- ARTO-14370) contains 30 specimens , some broken, and a data label with “Palnis infér. Tandikudi” written on it. The eighth vial (MHNG-ARTO-14371) contains nine broken specimens, one of them separated in a smaller vial, and a data label with “Palnis sup. Kodaikanal Shola” written on it. These specimens are all syntypes . There is also type material in the BMNH . Archandrodesmus areatus was designated the type species of the genus Archandrodesmus Carl, 1932 in the original description. Cryptocorypha areata ( Carl, 1932 ) , Pyrgodesmidae arietis Carl, 1912c: 151-152 , pl. 5, figs 10-11 [ Platyrrhacus ]. Matinang-Kette (Nordseite) Nord Celebes 500-1000 m (coll. Sarasin). Unspecified number of ♂ . No specimens found in the MHNG . There is a single ♂ syntype (referred to as “Typ” in the NMB catalogue) in the NMB (inventory number NMB-DIPL-00138a). As the only known ♂ type , this specimen is here designated lectotype . Erythrhacus arietis (Carl, 1912) , Platyrhacidae