original description
(of Scaptodesmus roccatii Silvestri, 1907) Silvestri, F. (1907). Spedizione al Ruwenzori di S. A. R. Luigi Amedeo di Savoia duca degli Abruzzi. XIX. Nuove specie di Diplopodi (Diagnosi preventive). Polydesmoidea. Bollettino del musei di zoologia e di anatomia comparata della Reale Università di Torino, 22(560): 1-8. Torino, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11838206
page(s): 4; note: as Scaptodesmus Roccatii. Roccati is a family (mostly in Italy). The species epithet roccatii is properly formed from Latinized "Roccatius" [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): 272 [details]
additional source
Demange, J.-M.; Mauriès, J.-P. (1975). Myriapodes - Diplopodes des Monts Nimba et Tonkoui (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinée) récoltés par M. Lamotte et ses collaborateurs de 1942 à 1961. <em>Annalen, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika - Zoologische wetenschappen.</em> 212: 1-192. Tervuren.
page(s): 143 [details]
additional source
Chamberlin, R. V. (1952). An arrangement of the Prepodesmidae, a family of African millipeds. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42: 327-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697689
page(s): 328; note: As Mesodesmus roccatii [details]
additional source
Enghoff, H.; Hoffman, R. L.; Howell, K. M. (2016). Checklist of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 105 (1): 51–113., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/028.105.0103
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source
Silvestri, S. (1909). Myriapodi. <em>In: Il Ruwenzori, S. A. R. Il principe L. Amadeo di Savoia. Parte scientifica. I.</em> : 319-355.
page(s): 328; note: figs 19-23 [details]
new combination reference
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 179; note: As Cordyloporus roccatii [details]
new combination reference
Carl, J. (1909). Reise von Dr. J. Carl im nördlichen central-afrikanischen Seengebiet. Diplopoden. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 17(2): 281-365. Genève, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10709191
page(s): 303 ; note: as Mesodesmus Roccatii [details]
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