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original descriptionCook, O. F. (1896). Summary of new Liberian Polydesmoidea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 48: 257-267. page(s): 259 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (2004). Cheirodesmus, an enigmatic west African milliped genus (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 8(4): 39-48 page(s): 44, figs 1-2, 4, 8 [details]
additional sourceJeekel, 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): 253 [details]
additional sourceDemange, 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): 145; note: citation of species name [details]
status sourceChamberlin, 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697689 page(s): 330, fig. 5; note: designation of C. ater as type species [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality