original description
Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 53 [details]
additional source
Recuero, E.; Sánchez-Vialas, A. (2018). A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4482(2): 245-273., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2
page(s): p. 256 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy
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): 250 [details]
source of synonymy
Jeekel, C. A. W. (1963). Diplopoda of Guiana (1-5). Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4: 1-157. The Hague
page(s): 89 [details]
new combination reference
Hoffman, R. L. (1960). A fourth contribution to the knowledge of neotropical platyrhacid millipeds (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 111(3424): 17-31
page(s): 21; note: Platyrhacus kerri [details]
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