Rhysodesmus nahuus ( 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 : 215

nahuus Humbert & Saussure, 1869a: 150 -151 [ Polydesmus (Fontaria) ].

Mexico temperata. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

Saussure & Humbert (1872) gave a more detailed redescription, the locality “Cordillère orientale” and stated that they had one ♂ and seven ♀. The MHNG collection contains one specimen in alcohol under the name Fontaria nahua . There is no data label but the identification labels in the jar have “Mexique” or “Cordova” written on them. One of these labels reads “ Polydesmus nahua Sss et H. (type) Cordova” indicating that it is a syntype. There is one broken ♀ syntype in the NHMW (Inventory number 3333, Acquisition number 1866.I.B) donated by Humbert and Saussure. The whereabouts of the other syntypes is unknown.

Rhysodesmus nahuus ( Humbert & Saussure, 1869)