original description
(of Polydesmus tarascus De Saussure, 1860) Saussure, H. L. F. de. (1860). Essai d'une faune des Myriapodes du Mexique avec la description de quelques espèces des autres parties de l'Amérique. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physiques et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 15(2): 135 pages, starts page 259, page numbering uncertain., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10918573
page(s): 69; note: as Polydesmus (Rhachidomorpha) tarascus; type species of Rhachidomorpha by monotypy [details]
taxonomy source
Hoffman, R. L. (1986). Cornalatus Attems, 1931 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Proposed designation of Cornalatus permutatus Attems, 1938 as type species Z.N. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 43(4): 366-368 [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): 255 [details]
new combination reference
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1931). Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart), (79): 1-150. Stuttgart
page(s): 40; note: P.Sierwald: original needs to be checked [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information Misidentification of specimens from Espírito Santo, Brazil [details]
