Platyrhacus javanus (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 : 212

javanus Saussure, 1859a: 324 -325 [ Polydesmus (Leptodesmus) ].

L’île de Java. Unspecified series.

Carl (1902) redescribed the species, illustrating the gonopod, on the basis of a single ♂ “Originalexemplar.” The MHNG collection contains one card-mounted specimen under the name Platyrrhacus javanus , the name used by Carl. The specimen is labelled “Java, M Melly” and should be regarded as the lectotype, designated by holotype assumption by Carl (1902: 656) who clearly stated that he had the one “Originalexemplar.” The generic placement is uncertain; here we follow Carl (1902).

Platyrhacus javanus (Saussure, 1859)