Polydesmus (Oxyurus)

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 : 210

gracilipes Humbert & Saussure, 1870: 172 [ Polydesmus (Oxyurus) ].

Brasilia. Unspecified number of ♀.

Saussure & Humbert (1872) gave a more detailed redescription, stating that the specimen had been donated to the NHMW by Archduke Maximilian. No specimens were found in the MHNG. The NHMW contains a number of fragments, probably all from one ♀ type specimen (Inventory number 2612, Acquisition number 1866.I.146). The Acquisition Register shows that the lot contained only one specimen, so this can be considered the holotype. Attems (1898) redescribed the species based on this ♀ type specimen, and placed the species in the genus Odontopeltis . This placement was later rejected by Pena-Barbosa et al. (2013) and the actual generic position is uncertain.

‘Polydesmus’ gracilipes Humbert & Saussure, 1870