original description
(of Platyrhacus magnificus Attems, 1933) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1934). Neue Myriopoden des Museums Basel. Verhandlungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 45: 43-62. Basel
page(s): 58, fig. 16 -18 [details]
original description
(of Acanthodesmus saussurei Silvestri, 1899) Silvestri, F. (1899). Diplopodes de l'Archipel Malais. Revue suisse de zoologie, 7(2): 331-334. Genève
page(s): 333-334, figs. 3, 4 [details]
original description
(of Platyrhacus designatus Attems, 1901) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 205, 209, fig. 220; note: nom. nov. pro [details]
original description
(of Platyrhacus areatus Attems, 1901) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1901). Neue Polydesmiden des Hamburger Museums. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 18: 83-107. Hamburg, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29384864
page(s): 100, pl. 1 fig. 11 [details]
original description
(of Polydesmus pfeifferae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869) Humbert, A.; Saussure, H. L. F. de. (1869). Description de divers Myriapodes du Musée de Vienne. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 19: 669-692. Wien., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30240388
page(s): 680 [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): 56-57; note:
The records of this species from so many widely separated localities
are quite unrealistic. Supposedly the old type material was mislabelled; the
Borneo and Malay material was probably wrong identif...
The records of this species from so many widely separated localities
are quite unrealistic. Supposedly the old type material was mislabelled; the
Borneo and Malay material was probably wrong identified. Probably East
Sumatra is the only correct locality.
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