original descriptionBollman, C. H. (1893). The Myriapoda of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 46: 1-210. Washington page(s): 159 [details]
original description(ofParadesmus De Saussure, 1859)Saussure, H. L. F. de (1858). Note sur la famille des Polydesmides (americaines). Diagnoses de quelques Myriapodes nouveaux de l'ordre des Chilopodes. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2. Sér., 10 page(s): 325 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 385 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality