Anadenobolus toltecus (Saussure, 1859)

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 : 219-220

toltecus Saussure, 1859b: 331 [ Julus ].

Mexique. Unspecified series.

Saussure (1860) indicated that he had more than one specimen, without mentioning their sex, and gave the locality “terres chaudes du Mexique, Cordova”. Carl (1919) described and illustrated the gonopods. The MHNG collection contains one ♂ in alcohol under the name Rhinocricus toltecus . The specimen is accompanied by a glass vial containing a pair of gonopods. There is a green label in the jar with “ toltecus Sauss. Mexique” and a label in the vial with “ Rhinocricus toltecus Sss , type! Gonopodes” in Carl’s handwriting. Because the type series was unspecified, Carl’s (1919: 381) identification of this specimen as the type constitutes an inadvertent lectotype designation.

Anadenobolus toltecus (Saussure, 1859)