Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888 page(s): 2 [details]
original descriptionCook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888 page(s): 2 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin page(s): 289 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, 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 athttps://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf page(s): 273 [details]
status sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Myriapod memoranda.</em> 10: 49-101. page(s): 87; note: The identity and position of this genus and Xerodesmus have not been clarified. Mniodesmus was treated as a synonym of Platyrhacus sensu lato by Hoffman, 1980. A motivation for this was not given. But...
The identity and position of this genus and Xerodesmus have not been clarified. Mniodesmus was treated as a synonym of Platyrhacus sensu lato by Hoffman, 1980. A motivation for this was not given. But as the known platyrhacid fauna of Java does not seem so diversified as to contain two more distinct genera this synonymization may be correct.