original description(ofPlatyrrhachus ligula Brölemann, 1898)Brölemann, H. W. (1898). Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (décembre 1887-août 1888. 27. mémoire (1). Myriapodes. <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France.</em> 67(3): 241-313. Paris., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8313675 page(s): 282-283, pl. 23, 24, figs. 75-82 [details]
new combination referenceJeekel, 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): 283; note: Platyrrachus (recte: Platyrhacus) ligula [details]
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