Rhysodesmus zapotecus (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 : 221-222

zapotecus Saussure, 1860: 314 -315, fig. 11 [ Polydesmus ].

Régions chaudes du Mexique, San-Andrès-Tuxtla etc. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

The MHNG collection has one ♀ in the dry collection under the name Fontaria zapotecus , with the data label “Tuztlant [sic], Mexique, M H de Saussure” and there is no reason to doubt that it is a syntype despite Hoffman’s statement (1999: 353) that he could not find any type specimens in the MHNG.

Rhysodesmus zapotecus (Saussure, 1860)