Phymatodesmus sakalava (de Saussure & Zehnter, 1897 )

Mesibov, Robert, Wesener, Thomas & Hollier, John, 2018, A replacement name for Dalodesmus sakalava (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1901) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae), Zootaxa 4413 (2), pp. 389-391 : 389-390

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Phymatodesmus sakalava (de Saussure & Zehnter, 1897)

Polydesmus sakalava de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897 : plate 5, fig. 22 (figure and caption only)

Polydesmus (Phymatodesmus) sakalava —de Saussure & Zehntner 1902: 95 (redescription)

Phymatodesmus sakalava — Attems 1940: 490 (list)

Phymatodesmus [ sakalava ]— Hoffman 1980: 186 (genus Phymatodesmus with one species from Madagascar tentatively assigned to family Vaalogonopodidae )

Phymatodesmus sakalava — Enghoff 2003: 623 (list, in family Dalodesmidae )

Type: 1 female (fragmented), Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva.

Type locality: Madagascar, coll. Sikora.

Remarks: Franz Sikora mainly collected around the capital, Antananarivo, with a shorter, later stay in Fort Dauphin (Tolagnaro, southeast Madagascar). As the holotype of P. sakalava is female, the collection of a male will be necessary to ascertain the status and generic assignment of the species.