original description(ofRhyphodesmus kartabo Chamberlin, 1950)Chamberlin, R. V. (1950). Neotropical Chilopods and Diplopods in the collection of the department of tropical research, New York. Zoologica, New York, 35(2): 133-144. New York page(s): 143 [details]
original description(ofRhyphodesmus amphelictus Chamberlin, 1923)Chamberlin, R. V. (1923). Results of the Bryant Walker Expeditions of the University of Michigan to Colombia, 1913, and British Guiana, 1914. The Diplopoda. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> 133: 1-83., available online athttp://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56572 page(s): 44 [details]
original description(ofPolydesmus drurii Gray, 1832)Gray, J.E. (1832). The myriapods. <i>In</i>: Griffith: Animal Kingdom. II. Pl. 135. London. page(s): pl. 135 fig. 7–7a [details]
additional sourceJeekel, 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): 93 [details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M.; Martinez-Torres, D. (2013). The milliped family Platyrhacidae (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea) in the West Indies: Proposal of Hoffmanorhacus n. gen.; description and illustrations of males of Proaspis aitia Loomis, 1941; redescription of Nannorrhacus luciae (Pocock, 1894); hypotheses on origins and affinities; and an updated New World familial distribution. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3626: 477-498., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.4 page(s): 491 [details]
additional sourceRecuero, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2 page(s): 268-269 [details] Available for editors
status sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Myriapod memoranda.</em> 10: 49-101. page(s): 92; note: As I remarked in 1963 this species seems quite closely related to Platyrhacus andersonti Pocock and P. moebiusi Attems, treated above as synonyms. An other related species may be P. kelantanicus Sincl...
As I remarked in 1963 this species seems quite closely related to Platyrhacus andersonti Pocock and P. moebiusi Attems, treated above as synonyms. An other related species may be P. kelantanicus Sinclair. It does not seem impossible that Rhyphodesmus drurii was introduced into Guyana from southern Burma or the Malayan Peninsula. It may be located in this area sooner or later. On the other hand, as far as information is available, the recorded Guyana localities do not all seem to be typical synanthrope sites, and uncertainty about the status of drurii remains.