“ Spirostreptus ” malabaricus (Gervais, 1847)

Iulus (sic!) malabaricus Gervais, 1847: 164 (D). India, Malabar coast.

Julus malabaricus —Preudhomme de Borre, 1884b: 57 (M).

Spirostreptus malabaricus — Pocock, 1892: 136, 158 (D); Attems, 1914: 290 (M); 1936: 298 (M); Demange, 1961: 265 (M); Rajulu, 1970b: 142 (M); Jeekel, 2006: 50 (M).

“ Spirostreptus ” malabaricus — Bano, 1998b: 187 (M).

Remark: This species is still enigmatic as its male holotype (Gervais 1847) has never been revised and its gonopod structure remains unknown. Regrettably, the holotype is currently absent from the collection of the Paris Museum (Mauriès et al. 2001).