Rhysodesmus toltecus (Saussure, 1859)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.893503
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5999449
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scientific name	Rhysodesmus toltecus (Saussure, 1859)
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mayus Saussure, 1859a: 322 View in CoL [ Polydesmus (Fontaria) View in CoL ].

Cordillière du Mexique. Unspecified series.

Saussure (1860: 323) placed this name in the synonymy of P. toltecus Saussure, 1859 , and indicated that the original description was based only on the ♂. There are no specimens placed under this name in the MHNG. The ♂ specimen in alcohol placed under the name P. toltecus in the MHNG could be a syntype of P. mayus if Saussure (1860) was correct in stating that P. toltecus was described on the basis of ♀ material only.

A junior synonym of Rhysodesmus toltecus (Saussure, 1859) View in CoL