Loomis, H. F. (1939). The millipeds collected in Appalachian caves by Mr. Kenneth Dearolf. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 86(4): 165-193. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. page(s): 187 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Speodesmus Loomis, 1939. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892618 on 2024-12-24
original descriptionLoomis, H. F. (1939). The millipeds collected in Appalachian caves by Mr. Kenneth Dearolf. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 86(4): 165-193. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. page(s): 187 [details]
taxonomy sourceShear, William Albert; Reddell, James M. (2017). Cave millipedes of the United States. XIV. Revalidation of the genus Speorthus Chamberlin, 1952 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), with a description of a new species from Texas and remarks on the families Polydesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae in North America. Insecta Mundi, 0529: 1-13 page(s): 6; note: Moved the genus from Polydesmidae to Macrosternodesmidae [details]
additional sourceElliott, W. R. (2004). Speodesmus cave millipeds: four new species from Central Texas (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). Texas Memorial Museum, Speleological Monographs, 6: 163-174[details] Available for editors