original descriptionSilvestri, F. (1910). Descrizioni preliminari di novi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35(12-13): 357-364. Jena, available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741798 page(s): 363 [details]
additional sourceChamberlin, R. V. (1920). The Myriopoda of the Australian Region. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 64(1): 1-269., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30743608 page(s): 137 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, 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): 310 [details]
redescriptionMesibov, R. (2009). Revision of <em>Agathodesmus</em> Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 12: 87-110., available online athttp://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.12.206[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality