original description(ofLeptodesminae Attems, 1898)Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1898). System der Polydesmiden. I. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 67: 221-482. Wien, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27925127 page(s): 257, 369; note: as Leptodesminae [details]
basis of recordCook, O. F.; Collins, G. N. (1895). The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9: 1-100. New York, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543 page(s): 4; note: nomen translatum ex family Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895 [details]
additional sourcePena-Barbosa, J. P. P.; Sierwald, P.; Brescovit, A. D. (2013). On the largest chelodesmid millipedes: taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of the genusOdontopeltis Pocock, 1894 (Diplopoda; Polydesmida; Chelodesmidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 169(4): 737-764., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12086 page(s): 738 [details]
additional sourceRomero-Rincon, J. (2024). A review of the millipede genus Carlopeltis Verhoeff, 1938 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae: Batodesmini). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5424(5): 554-568., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.5.4[details] Available for editors
status sourceHoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. page(s): 151 [details]