Orthomorpha bimontana, Carl, 1932: 431 - 433

Hollier, John, Stöckli, Eduard, Wesener, Thomas, Mesibov, Robert, Decker, Peter & Sierwald, Petra, 2020, An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (1), pp. 183-240 : 189

bimontana Carl, 1932: 431-433 , figs 14-15 [ Orthomorpha (Gyrodrepanum) ].

Anaimalais: Valparai, ca. 1100 m, 7.III.27, Talboden, unter morschen Stämmen. Nilgiris: Kartery-Valley, unterhalb Coonoor, 1600 m, Bananenpflanzung unter Steinen und Strünken. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

The MHNG collection contains 36 specimens in alcohol in two jars. The first jar (MHNG-ARTO-14373) contains eight specimens, three of them broken and one with a pin running the length of the body.The data label has “Nilgiris, Karerai-Valley, bananarie” written on it. The second jar (MHNG-ARTO-14374) contains 28 specimens, many of them broken and two smaller vials, one with two of the specimens, one of which has a pin running the length of the body, and the other with gonopods.The data label has “Anaimalais, Valparai” written on it. The identification label has “ ♂, ♀ types! – cotypes” written on it. All of these specimens are syntypes. Orthomorpha bimontana is the type species of Gyrodrepanum Carl, 1932 by monotypy ( Jeekel, 1971).

A junior synonym of Gyrodrepanum lamprum ( Chamberlin, 1920) , Paradoxosomatidae