Rhysodesmus totonacus (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 : 220

totonacus Saussure, 1859a: 321 [ Polydesmus (Fontaria) ]. series.

Saussure (1860) gave a more detailed redescription of Pic d’Orizaba, Mexique. Unspecified the ♂ without mentioning the ♀, but implying that he had more than one specimen. The MHNG contains one card-mounted ♂ under the name Fontaria totonacus . The data label reads “Pic d’Orizaba, Mexique.” There is also a glass vial containing only unidentifiable dry fragments secured by a pin through the cork stopper. Hoffman (1999: 325) designated this specimen as lectotype, suggesting that another syntype (now to be considered as a paralectotype) might be in the BMNH.

Rhysodesmus totonacus (Saussure, 1859)