Humbertostreptus lunelii ( Humbert, 1865 )

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 : 213

lunelii Humbert, 1865: 47 -49, pl. 4, fig. 19 [ Spirostreptus ].

Putlam, côte occidentale de Ceylan. One ♂.

Carl (1917) re-illustrated the gonopod of the type because Humbert’s original figure was printed too small for some of the detail to be visible. The MHNG collection contains one ♂ specimen in alcohol under the name Thyropygus luneli . The specimen is in several pieces and there is a vial containing a pair of gonopods. A label in the jar reads “ Thyropygus luneli (Humb.) type! Ceylon, A. Humbert” indicating that this is the holotype. The MNHN online database states that there is a type (MY4391) in their collection, but since they give the country of origin as India, this must be a mistake.

Humbertostreptus lunelii ( Humbert, 1865)