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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brandti
Humbert, 1865
: 38
-39, pl. 3, fig. 15, pl. 5, fig. 15 [
Sphaeropoeus
].
Peradenia près Kandy. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.
The MHNG collection contains two pinned specimens and two specimens in alcohol under the name
Sphaeropoeus brandtii
, and seven specimens loose in a jar in alcohol under the name
Arthrosphaera brandti
. One of the pinned specimens has the label “Peradenia, Ceylan, Voyage Humbert,” the other lacks a label (
Fig. 1
). The specimens in alcohol under the name
S. brandti
have identification labels with “Ceylan, Voy. Humbert” and are accompanied by two vials, one containing a telopod and the other one of the second pair of legs of a ♀. The specimens placed under
S. bandtii
and
S. brandti
are syntypes. The specimens in alcohol under
A. brandti
were collected by Bugnion in 1912 and are therefore not part of the type series. The generic placement follows
Wesener (2016)
.
Arthrosphaera brandti
(
Humbert, 1865
)