Pseudopolydesmus americanus, Carl, 1902: 611 - 613

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 : 186

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6980329
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scientific name	Pseudopolydesmus americanus
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americanus Carl, 1902: 611-613 View in CoL , pl. 11, fig. 37 [ Polydesmus ].

Texas, J. Boll (Genfer Museum). Two ♂ .

The MHNG collection contains two specimens in alcohol (MHNG-ARTO-14296) under the name Pseudopolydesmus americanus . Both specimens have a pin running the length of the body. The data label in the jar reads “ Texas, J. Boll” and one of the identification labels has “ Type ” written on it, indicating that the specimens are syntypes. A handwritten note states that Hoffman examined the specimens in 1960 and intended to designate the smaller specimen as the lectotype; this designation does not appear to have been published and Hoffman (1999: 445) erroneously refers to a holotype deposited in the MHNG. Two microscope slide preparations of gonopods of syntypes (MHNG- ARTO-14297) are in a case glued to the lid of the jar.

A junior synonym of Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum ( Bollman, 1888) , Polydesmidae