Leptodesmus zelebori ( Humbert & Saussure, 1870 )

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 : 222

zelebori Humbert & Saussure, 1870: 173 [ Polydesmus (Oxyurus) ].

Brasilia merid. Unspecified series.

Saussure & Humbert (1872) gave a more detailed redescription and the locality Rio de Janeiro. No specimens found in the MHNG. There is a broken ♂ syntype with a single gonopod in a vial in the NHMW (Inventory number 3321, Acquisition number 1866.I.6a) ( Fig. 2 ). According to the Acquisition Register the locality is Rio de Janeiro. The generic placement is unclear, and Hoffman, 1979b did not include this species in Leptodesmus .

Leptodesmus zelebori ( Humbert & Saussure, 1870)

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Fig. 2. A syntype of Leptodesmus zelebori. (A) Head and anterior body rings (B) Ventral view of gonopod. (photos O. Macek / N. Akkari)