original description
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin
page(s): 322 [details]
original description
(of Xerodesmus Chamberlin, 1923) Chamberlin, R. V. (1923). XVIII. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. On chilopods and diplopods from islands in the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 4th series, 12(18): 389-407. San Francisco
page(s): 403 [details]
source of synonymy
Golovatch, S. I.; Sierwald, P. (2001). Review of the millipede genus Poratia Cook & Cook, 1894 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 9(3): 181-192. Moscow, available online at https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/09/9_3%20181_192%20Golovatch_Sierwald.pdf
page(s): 183 [details]
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