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Rhachidomorpa adunca Saussure & Humbert 1872

Description

uncinatus Humbert & Saussure, 1869a: 152 [Polydesmus (Rachidomorpha)].

Mexico, Cordillera orientalis. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

Saussure & Humbert (1872) gave a more detailed redescription and the localities “Monte Azul, Cerro de Azeamela, Sierra de Agua, dans la Cordillère orientale.” They also noted that the species lived under the bark of pines. Carl (1903) illustrated the gonopod, although it is not clear which specimen(s) he studied. The MHNG collection contains one ♂ specimen in alcohol under the name Rhachidomorpha uncinata labelled as a type. The specimen is in fragments and lacks a data label. It was transferred from the dry collection and is presumably a syntype that had been placed in the collection before Saussure & Humbert (1872: 158) replaced the name with Polydesmus (Rachidomorpha) aduncus because it was a junior homonym of P. uncinatus Peters, 1864. There are also two broken specimens in alcohol under the name Rhachidomorpha adunca, also labelled as types.

Rhachidomorpa adunca Saussure & Humbert, 1872 (New replacement name)

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 203-224 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (2) on page 220, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.893503

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References

  • Humbert A., Saussure H. de 1869 a. Myriapoda nova americana. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquee 21: 149 - 159.
  • Carl J. 1903. Revision amerikanischer Polydesmiden. Revue suisse de Zoologie 11: 543 - 562, pl. 16 - 17.