Arthrosphaera brandti ( 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 : 206

brandti Humbert, 1865: 38 -39, pl. 3, fig. 15, pl. 5, fig. 15 [ Sphaeropoeus ].

Peradenia près Kandy. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

The MHNG collection contains two pinned specimens and two specimens in alcohol under the name Sphaeropoeus brandtii , and seven specimens loose in a jar in alcohol under the name Arthrosphaera brandti . One of the pinned specimens has the label “Peradenia, Ceylan, Voyage Humbert,” the other lacks a label ( Fig. 1 ). The specimens in alcohol under the name S. brandti have identification labels with “Ceylan, Voy. Humbert” and are accompanied by two vials, one containing a telopod and the other one of the second pair of legs of a ♀. The specimens placed under S. bandtii and S. brandti are syntypes. The specimens in alcohol under A. brandti were collected by Bugnion in 1912 and are therefore not part of the type series. The generic placement follows Wesener (2016).

Arthrosphaera brandti ( Humbert, 1865)

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Fig. 1. A syntype of Arthrosphaera brandti (Humbert, 1865)