mexicanus Saussure, 1859b: 328 Oniscodesmus An annotated list of the Diplopoda described by Aloïs Humbert alone and with Henri de Saussure, and the Diplopoda from Saussure’s Mexico expedition John Hollier Edmund Schiller Nesrine Akkari Revue suisse de Zoologie 2017 2017-09-30 124 2 203 224 33F2Q (Saussure, 1859) Saussure 1859 [151,605,1926,1950] Diplopoda Sphaeriodesmidae Cyphodesmus Animalia Polydesmida 11 214 Arthropoda species mexicanus    mexicanusSaussure, 1859b: 328[  Oniscodesmus].  Mexique. Unspecified series.  Saussure (1860) stated that the specimen(s) came from the “parties chaudes du Mexique (Cordova).” The MHNG collection has one card-mounted ♀ and one ♂ in alcohol under the name  Oniscodesmus mexicanus. Both are labelled “Cordova, Mexique, M H de Saussure” and are from the type series. Hoffman (1979a: 5)designated the ♂, which was transferred to alcohol from the dry collection, as lectotype.