Leptodesmus nattereri ( Humbert & Saussure, 1870 )

John Hollier, Edmund Schiller & Nesrine Akkari, 2017, An annotated list of the Diplopoda described by Aloïs Humbert alone and with Henri de Saussure, and the Diplopoda from Saussure’s Mexico expedition, Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (2), pp. 203-224 : 215

nattereri Humbert & Saussure, 1870: 173 [ Polydesmus (Oxyurus) ].

Brasilia. Unspecified number of ♀.

Saussure & Humbert (1872) gave a more detailed redescription. No specimens found in the MHNG. The NHMW contains one ♀ (Inventory number 3296, Acquisition number 1866.I.137b). According to the Acquisition Register, P. decolor and P. nattereri were described from lot 137 which comprised only two specimens; this specimen is therefore the holotype. The generic placement is uncertain and the genus Leptodesmus remains poorly defined ( Hoffman, 2012).

Leptodesmus nattereri ( Humbert & Saussure, 1870)