Kainorhacus mecheli, Carl, 1902: 650 - 652

Hollier, John, Stöckli, Eduard, Wesener, Thomas, Mesibov, Robert, Decker, Peter & Sierwald, Petra, 2020, An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (1), pp. 183-240 : 213-214

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35929/RSZ.0015
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6980767
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C7DC6B-485E-FF8C-E166-F8D5FD34AEC3
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Kainorhacus mecheli
status

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mecheli Carl, 1902: 650-652 View in CoL , pl. 11, figs 58-61 [ Platyrrhacus ].

Indragiri (Sumatra), A. v. Mechel (Basler Museum). Three ♂.

The MHNG collection contains one specimen in alcohol (MHNG-ARTO-14347). The specimen has a pin running the length of the body and is accompanied by a small vial containing the gonopods. The identification labels have “ Sumatra, A. v. Mechel” and “ type Sumatra, A. v. Mechel, Doubl. du Musée de Bâle” written on them respectively, indicating that the specimen is a syntpe. The other two ♂ syntypes are in the NMB (inventory number NMB- DIPL-00441a). Platyrrhachus mecheli was designated as the type species of Kainorhacus Jeekel, 2007 in the original description of the genus.

Kainorhacus mecheli ( Carl, 1902) , Platyrhacidae