Polydesmus (Icosidesmus)

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 : 211

hochstetterii Humbert & Saussure, 1869b: 690-691 [ Polydesmus (Icosidesmus) ].

Auckland, Nouvelle-Zélande (Musée de Vienne, Voyage Novara). Unspecified series.

Attems (1899) redescribed the species based on type specimens in the NHMW. Carl (1902) gave a detailed redescription based on a type specimens in the MHNG and illustrated the gonopod. The MHNG collection contains two ♂ specimens in alcohol under the name Icosidesmus hochstetteri . The labels in the jar indicate that the specimens came from the NHMW and are types. Johns (1964: 6) designated one of the specimens (identified by a label in the vial containing the specimen) as lectotype. The NHMW houses two ♂ specimens from the type series (Inventory number 3823, Acquisition number 1866.I.10b), rather than the three reported by Johns (1964).

Icosidesmus hochstetteri Humbert & Saussure, 1869