Psaphodesmus insularis (Humbert & Saussure 1869)
- Dataset
- An annotated list of the Diplopoda described by Aloïs Humbert alone and with Henri de Saussure, and the Diplopoda from Saussure’s Mexico expedition
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Diplopoda
- order
- Polydesmida
- family
- Platyrhacidae
- genus
- Psaphodesmus
- species
- Psaphodesmus insularis
discussion
Although the original description refers to the specimen (s) as ♀, Carl (1902) illustrated the gonopod based on what he stated was an “ Originalexemplar. ” The MHNG collection contains one card-mounted specimen under the name Platyrrhachus insularis used by Carl. It is labelled “ P. insularis, Sauss & H, Moluques ” and is presumably a syntype.
materials_examined
Les Moluques (Musée de Genève). Unspecifed number of ♀.