Messicobolus zonatus, Carl, 1912 c: 149 - 151

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 : 237

zonatus Carl, 1912c: 149-151 , pl. 5, fig. 9 [ Platyrrhacus ].

Insel Kabaena, südlich von Celebes (Dr Elbert). Two ♂ and three ♀.

The MHNG collection has two specimens in alcohol (MHNG-ARTO-14291). The specimens, one of which has a pin running the length of the body, are in a vial along with a microvial containing the gonopods of the ♂. The identification labels have “Ile Kabaena, S. de Celebes, coll. Elbert” and “ ♂ ♀ types Ile Kabaena, S. de Celebes, coll. Elbert” written on them respectively, indicating that the specimens are syntypes. The SMF collection contains one ♂ and three ♀ (one of which is incomplete) in alcohol, accompanied by a microvial with dissected gonopods ( SMF 861). The identification label has “ Insel Kabaena, J. Elbert ” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes. Platyrrhacus zonatus Carl was designated as the type species of Mastigorhacus Jeekel, 2007 in the original description of the genus .

Mastigorhacus zonatus (Carl, 1912) , Platyrhacidae

Carl (1902) gave a description and illustrated the gonopod of some very much smaller specimens noted by Saussure & Humbert (1872) among those they identified as S. mexicanus ( Saussure, 1859) . Attems recognised that they represented a distinct species and named them Sphaeriodesmus saussurei Attems, 1899 , apparently without having seen the specimens himself. The four syntypes are in the MHNG collection (MHNG- ARTO-18243 to MHNG-ARTO-18246). The MHNG collection also contains a number of specimens placed under names that were never published.