Orthoporus fraternus (Saussure, 1860)

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 : 209

fraternus Saussure, 1860: 374 , fig. 40 [ Julus ].

Yautepec dans les terres chaudes de la province de Mexico. One ♀.

The MHNG collection contains one card-mounted ♀ under the name Spirostreptus fraternus . It is labelled “Atihuayan, Mexique, M H de Saussure” and matches the rough measurements given in the original description. This specimen is presumably the holotype. There is a ♂ specimen in alcohol under the same name, but the identification is given with a question mark so it cannot be part of the type series.

Orthoporus fraternus (Saussure, 1860)