Messicobolus tzendalus (Saussure)

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

tzendalus Saussure, 1860: 370 -371, fig. 37 [ Julus ].

Régions tempérées du Mexique, Oaxaca. Unspecified number of ♀.

The MHNG collection contains two specimens in alcohol under the name Spirobolus tzendalus , both broken. There is no data label but the identification labels in the jar have “Mexique” written on them. Hoffman (1999) speculated that the types may be lost because Carl did not revise the species, but since Carl was primarily focusing on illustrating the gonopods, he has very likely ignored the female type specimens, which are presumably also syntypes. There is a further syntype in the MNHN (MY4397) according to their online database.

Messicobolus tzendalus (Saussure)