Anadenobolus zapotecus (Saussure, 1860)

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 : 221

zapotecus Saussure, 1860: 359 -361, fig. 30 [ Julus ].

Parties chaudes du Mexique. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

The pagination of the publication is faulty and reads 559- 561. Carl (1919) described and illustrated the gonopods using Saussure’s specimens. The MHNG collection contains one card-mounted specimen under the name Spirobolus zapotecus and a ♂ in alcohol under the name Rhinocricus zapotecus . The dry specimen is labelled “Mexique” and is presumably a syntype. The specimen in alcohol is broken and the gonopods are separated in a vial. It has a label in Carl’s handwriting “cet expl. était étiquetté chichimecus mais il est identique à zapotecus type. Saussure n’a pas eu le ♂ de chichimecus .” It is therefore not a syntype of J. zapotecus .

Anadenobolus zapotecus (Saussure, 1860)