Centrelus nietanus (Saussure, 1860)

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 : 215-216

nietanus Saussure, 1860: 365 -366, fig. 33 [ Julus ].

Mexique, près de Cuernavaca. Unspecified number of ♂.

The pagination of the publication is faulty and reads 565- 566. Saussure & Humbert (1872) implied that the original description was based on one immature specimen, stating that they had subsequently received adults of both sexes collected by Matija Botteri. Carl (1919) described and illustrated the gonopod of Saussure’s specimen. The MHNG contains five specimens in alcohol in two jars under the name Saussurobolus nietanus . One jar contains the ♂ specimen studied by Carl. The specimen is in a vial with the label “Atlihuayan, Mexique” and another vial contains a broken pair of gonopods. The jar is labelled “Holotypus” but the specimen should be considered a syntype because the original description did not clearly define the type series. The specimens in the second jar are in fragments and have three identification labels with “Mexico” or “Mexique” as the locality, one indicating only ♂ while the other two read “♂♀ type!” These specimens may be syntypes but it is more likely that the ♀ is part of the material collected by Botteri.

Centrelus nietanus (Saussure, 1860)