original description(ofGnomeskelus rhodobates Attems, 1927)Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1927). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer in nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Diplopoda. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 41: 51-90 page(s): 56 [details]
basis of recordSchubart, O. (1956). Diplopoda I: Proterospermophora. South African Animal Life, 3: 12-86. Uppsala page(s): 70; note: Validates Gnomeskelus (Cyphomeskelus) Verhoeff, 1939 by making this species the type of the subgenus [details]
additional sourceHamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82 page(s): 32 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin page(s): 408; note: As Gnomeskelus (Gnomeskelus) rhodobates[details]
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