Xanthodesmus vagans, Carl, 1941 b: 589 - 592

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 : 234

vagans Carl, 1941b: 589-592 , figs 24-35 [ Diopsiulus (Plusiochaeturus) ].

Nilgiris: Alter Weg unterhalb Coonoor, ca. 1500 m und im Erdmulm des Urwalds, unter dicker Laubdecke, XII.1926 und I.1927. Unspecified number of ♂ and ♀.

The MHNG collection contains 14 specimens in alcohol in four vials. The first vial (MHNG-ARTO-14478) contains two specimens and a label with “ Diopsiulus vagans Carl ♂♂ Coonoor 4.I.27 ” written on it. The second vial (MHNG-ARTO-14479) contains three specimens, two of them broken into several pieces, and labels with “Alter Nilgiris ca. 3 Meilen unterhalb Coonoor 4.I.27 ”, “ Diopsiulus vagans Carl Coonoor ” and “Alter Nilgiris Coonoor 4.I Präp Diopsiulus II ” written on them respectively. The third vial (MHNG- ARTO-14480) contains six specimens and labels with “Diopsiulis vagans Carl, Coonoor , 2♂♂, 1♀, juv.” and “ Stemmiulidae ! ♂ ♀ juv. Coonoor 24-29.XII. Unter dicker Laubdecke, in Erdmulden des Waldes, feucht & schlaffig” written on them respectively. The fourth vial (MHNG-ARTO-14481) contains three broken specimens and a label with “ Diopsiulus vagans Carl 3♀♀ Coonoor, 4.I.27 ” written on it. All of these specimens are syntypes. There are three microscope slide preparations, one labelled “ Diopsiulus II vagans Carl Coonoor ” and the others “Diosiulus II ”, one of which has locality data. 1) a slide (MHNG-ARTO-14482) with gonopods, legs 1, 2, 3 and 9 and antennae; 2) a slide (MHNG-ARTO-14483) with gonopods, legs 1 and 2 and hypostoma; 3) a slide (MHNG-ARTO-14484) with legs 1, 2 and 3 and the hypostoma of a ♀.

Stemmiulus vagans (Carl, 1941) , Stemmiulidae