Abstract
Johann Carl described 390 species or subspecies of millipedes during his long career at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, studying specimens collected on his own expeditions and on those of other, mainly Swiss, naturalists. The type specimens deposited in Geneva are enumerated, and the type specimens that could be located in other collections in other museums are reported. Lectotypes are designated for 17 species: Brachyspirobolus aequatorialis (Carl, 1909), Carlopeltis alatus (Carl, 1914), Mastigorhacus alatus (Carl, 1912), Salpidobolus annulipes (Carl, 1912), Erythrhacus arietis (Carl, 1912), Argentocricus bernardinensis (Carl, 1918), Trigoniulus bitaeniatus Carl, 1912, Desmocricus conjunctusCarl, 1918, Polylepis elberti Carl, 1912, Trigoniulus incommodus Carl, 1912, Stenobolus insularisCarl, 1918, Salpidobolus lateralis (Carl, 1912), Dinematocricus lombokensis (Carl, 1912), Prepodesmus longipes (Carl, 1913), Arostrophus mertoni (Carl, 1912), Salpidobolus moenensis (Carl, 1912) and Eucarlia velox (Carl, 1912). Polydesmus carli nom. nov. is introduced as a replacement name for Polydesmus japonicusCarl, 1902, a junior homonym of Polydesmus japonicusPeters, 1864. Odontopyge johanncarli nom. nov. is introduced as a replacement name for Odontopyge fasciataCarl, 1905, a junior homonym of Odontopyge fasciataAttems, 1896.
Highlights
Johann Carl (1877-1944) joined the staff of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève (MHNG) as the junior assistant of Emil Frey-Gessner in 1900
Saussure’s influence was such that Carl worked on all of these groups, and was a pioneer in the study of the Collembola (Revilliod, 1945). His Orthoptera type specimens are all in the MHNG (Hollier, 2010)
The Diplopoda he studied included material collected on his own expeditions to East Africa and southern India, but he examined the collections made on the expeditions of several other Swiss and German naturalists, and many type specimens were deposited in other museums
Summary
Johann (or Jean) Carl (1877-1944) joined the staff of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève (MHNG) as the junior assistant of Emil Frey-Gessner in 1900. The first vial (MHNG-ARTO-14362) contains one specimen with a pin running the length of the body and a data label with “Palnis inf., Tandikudi” written on it. The second jar (MHNG-ARTO-14374) contains 28 specimens, many of them broken and two smaller vials, one with two of the specimens, one of which has a pin running the length of the body, and the other with gonopods.The data label has “Anaimalais, Valparai” written on it.
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