original description
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1898). System der Polydesmiden. I. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 67: 221-482. Wien, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27925127
page(s): 267 [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): 333 [details]
source of synonymy
Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 183; note: syn. of Crypturodesmus [details]
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