Anoplodesmus saussurei ( 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 : 217

saussurei Humbert, 1865: 26 -27, pl. 2, fig. 8 [ Polydesmus ].

Perandenia près Kandy. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀ (several samples).

The MHNG collection contains one card-mounted ♂ and two specimens in alcohol in separate jars under the name Prionopeltis saussurei . The dry specimen is labelled “Peradenia, Ceylan, Vge Humbert.” Both of the specimens in alcohol have a label in the jar that reads “ Polydesmus saussurei Humb. (Type) Peradenia, Ceylan, Voyage Humbert.” One of the specimens in alcohol is broken into many pieces. All three are syntypes. There are also specimens collected by Carl under this name in the MHNG; these were collected after the publication of the original description and are not syntypes. The generic placement follows de Zoysa et al. (2016).

Anoplodesmus saussurei ( Humbert, 1865)