Aporodesmus sellae, 1907

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 : 227-228

sellae dentiger Carl, 1909b: 310 [ Cryptodesmus ].

Kampala ( Uganda), in Sümpfen; Bukoba, Urwäldchen, unter Laub; Muruccu bei Bukoba, unter Moos am Seefer; Mabira-Njarowungo (Ost-Ussuwi), Wäldchen an Flussufern, unter sehr feuchtem Laub. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

The MHNG collection contains 24 specimens in alcohol in two jars. The first jar contains three vials. The first vial (MHNG-ARTO-18578) contains five specimens, one with a pin running the length of the body and two broken. The data label in this vial has “Urwäldchen bei Bukoba” written on it and both of the identification labels in the tube have “Bukoba J. Carl” written on them, indicating that the specimens are syntypes. The second vial (MHNG- ARTO-18579) contains two specimens in a smaller vial, one with a pin running the length of the body, and a small vial holding gonopods. The data label in the larger vial has “ Kampala Marsch I.09 ” written on it and one of the identification labels has “ Kampala Dr J. Carl” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes. The third vial (MHNG-ARTO-18580) contains four specimens in a smaller tube and a second vial holding gonopods. The data label in the vial has “Mabira-Njarowungo XI.09 Wäldchen an Flussufern” written on it and one of the identification labels has “Ost-Ussuwi Dr J. Carl” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes. The second jar (MHNG-ARTO-18581) contains 13 specimens, six of them broken. The identification labels in this jar are not original and both have “Niarowungo [sic] Carl” typewritten on them, indicating that these specimens are also syntypes. There are two syntypes in the ZMUH ( Weidner, 1960) and three (referred to as “Cotypus var.” in the NMB catalogue) in the NMB (inventory number NMB-DIPL-00174a).

A junior synonym of Aporodesmus sellae Silvestri, 1907 , Cryptodesmidae