Anadenobolus aztecus (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 : 205

aztecus Saussure, 1859b: 331 [ Julus ].

Cordova au Mexique. Unspecified series.

Saussure (1860) gave a much more detailed redescription of both sexes. He stated that he had many specimens from “les parties chaudes du Mexique, à Vera Cruz, à Cordova, à Orizaba etc.” Carl (1919) described and illustrated the gonopods. The MHNG collection contains three ♂ and two ♀ card-mounted specimens and one ♀ directly pinned under the name Spirobolus aztecus and many specimens in alcohol in three jars under the name Rhinocricus aztecus . The three dry ♂ each have the label “Mexique, Voyage de Saussure,” two of the ♀ are labelled “Mexique, Vge de Saussure” and the third is labelled “Orizava [sic] Mexique, Vge de Saussure.” These are all syntypes. One of the jars containing two ♂ specimens in alcohol has the label “ Spirobolus aztecus Sss , type, Mexique, Sumichrast.” The second, labelled “Holotypus” contains around twenty broken specimens without a contemporary data label. The third contains around eight broken specimens and is labelled “ Spirobolus aztecus Sauss. , Mexique (Sumichrast).” It is likely that all of these are syntypes. There are further syntypes in the ZMHB ( Moritz & Fischer, 1975; ZMB209) and in the MNHN (MY305, MY4328) according to their online database.

Anadenobolus aztecus (Saussure, 1859)