original description
(of Platyrhacus mecheli Carl, 1902) Carl, J. (1902). Exotische Polydesmiden. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 10: 563-679. Genève, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9477493
page(s): 650, pl. 11 fig. 58 - 61 [details]
additional source
Hollier, J.; Stöckli, E.; Wesener, T.; Mesibov, R.; Decker, P.; Sierwald, P. (2020). An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 127(1): 183-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0015
page(s): 213-214 [details]
new combination reference
Jeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Myriapod memoranda.</em> 10: 49-101.
page(s): 57; note: Kainorhacus mecheli [details]
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