Rossiulus kessleri ( Lohmander, 1927 )

Martynov, Alexander V., Petrenko, Nina A., Korzhova, Tetiana O. & Balashov, Igor A., 2021, Rediscovery of the Lohmander’s collection of Diplopoda from Ukraine, Ecologica Montenegrina 44, pp. 19-25 : 24

16. Rossiulus kessleri ( Lohmander, 1927) [as Schizophyllum kessleri Lohmander ]

Remarks: This species was described by Lohmander based on material from Kyiv collected by Kessler ( Lohmander 1927, as Schizophyllum kessleri ). Five type specimens of this species deposited in Finnish Museum of Natural History (Helsinki, Finland) (inventory number of the sample – MZH 148255). Collection of NMNH NASU houses the non-type material on the species from Kyiv and its vicinities, that was collected in period from 1918 to 1928 by Semenkevitsh, Panocini, Dobrzhansky, Dirsch, Musytshenko, Sovinsky, Karavayev, Alexandrovsky, Beling and unknown collector (totally 166 specimens in 42 vials from about 20 localities). All this material was labelled and determined by Lohmander and therefore can be used to understand Lohmander’s treatment of taxa.