Akamptogonus novarae ( Humbert & Saussure, 1869 )

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 : 216

novarae Humbert & Saussure, 1869b: 689 -690 [ Polydesmus ].

Auckland, Nouvelle-Zélande (Musée de Vienne, Voyage Novara). Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

Attems (1898) redescribed the species in more detail, using type specimens in the NHMW. The MHNG collection contains one ♂ specimen in alcohol under the name Strongylosoma novarae . A label in the jar reads “ Strongylosoma novarae H. u S., Nouv. Zealand, Mus. Vienne” indicating that it is part of the type series. Rowe & Sierwald (2006: 535) designated a ♂ specimen in the NHMW as the lectotype and a ♀ specimen as a paralectotype (Inventory number 3426/3). There are also five other specimens (Inventory number 3426/1). The Acquisition number for all three lots is 1866.I.10a, even though only six specimens were sent to Humber and Saussure, and these were identified as belonging to two species. This is the type species of the genus Akamptogonus Attems, 1914 .

Akamptogonus novarae ( Humbert & Saussure, 1869)