original description
Schubart, O. (1952). "Leptodesmidae" Brasileiras. I: Três gêneros novos, "Goyazodesmus", "Rupidesmus", e "Thaumatodesmus". Revista brasileira de biologia, 12(4): 447-454. Rio de Janeiro
page(s): 450 [details]
additional source
Bouzan, R. S.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Brescovit, A. D. (2018). A review of the millipede genus Rupidesmus Schubart, 1952 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4434(3): 589-599., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.12
page(s): 590 [details]
additional source
Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 286 [details]
additional source
Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 155 [details]
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