Platyrrhachus annectens, Humbert & Saussure, 1869

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 : 205

annectens Humbert & Saussure, 1869b: 677 -678 [ Polydesmus (Stenonia) ].

Les Moluques (Musée de Genève). Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

Carl (1902) described and illustrated the gonopod based on an “Originalexemplar.” The MHNG collection contains three card-mounted specimens and one in alcohol under the name Platyrrhachus annectens used by Carl. The one ♂ and two ♀ card-mounted specimens each have a label with the sex, “Odontodesmus annectens ” and “Moluques” on the pin but there are three different abbreviations for the authors. The specimen in alcohol has a similar label but in a different handwriting, and is indicated to be a type. These specimens are obviously syntypes. An undated label placed with the specimen in alcohol by Hoffman indicates that he thought it belonged to the genus Psaphodesmus , but this opinion was not published. The generic placement is uncertain.

‘Polydesmus’ annectens Humbert & Saussure, 1869