Nyssodesmus montivagus ( Carl, 1902 )

Recuero, Ernesto & Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, 2018, A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae, Zootaxa 4482 (2), pp. 245-273 : 264

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scientific name	Nyssodesmus montivagus ( Carl, 1902 )
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Nyssodesmus montivagus ( Carl, 1902) View in CoL

Platyrrhacus montivagus Carl, 1902: 662 , pl. 12 figs 84–88 (original description); Brölemann 1905: 342 (new locality); Pocock 1909: 143, pl. X figs 7–7b (description; new localities; as Platyrhacus View in CoL ); Chamberlin 1914: 189 (new locality; as Platyrhacus View in CoL ); Attems 1938: 235, Fig. 259 (description; as Platyrhacus View in CoL ); Hoffman 1953a: 253 (suggests probable synonymy with N. valerii View in CoL ).

Nyssodesmus montivagus: Chamberlin 1922: 40 View in CoL (combination).

Nyssodesmus valerii Chamberlin, 1933: 16 View in CoL (original description. Synonymized by Loomis 1968: 33).

Types: P. montivagus View in CoL , unspecified number of ♂ and ♀ syntypes from Costa Rica: Volcan de Turrialba , 2000 m; P. Biolley leg . 5 syntypes are deposited at the MHNG, cat. no. MHNG-ARTO-15118, one syntype deposited at the NMB, cat. no. NMB-DIPL-00443a (J. Hollier, pers. comm.).

N. valerii , ♀ holotype from Costa Rica: La Palma ; 5-I-1928 . Holotype originally in Chamberlin's collections, it is currently at the NMNH, cat. no. 101793 (D. DeRoche, pers. comm.).

Distribution: Costa Rica.