original description
(of Oxyurus pallidus C. L. Koch, 1847) Koch, C.L. (1847). Den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden und ein System der Myriapoden. [The lists and corrections to Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids and a system of the myriapods.]. <em>In: Panzer, G.W.F. & Herrich-Schäffer, A. (eds.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands.</em> 3: 1-272, pls. 1-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094
page(s): 140 [details] 
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1898). System der Polydesmiden. I. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 67: 221-482. Wien, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27925127
page(s): 408; note: species insufficiently known [details]
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 50; note: generic position uncertain [details]
additional source
Koch, C. L. (1863). Die Myriapoden. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Bd. 2. 1-112. Halle, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11100142
page(s): 55 [details]
new combination reference
Brölemann, H. W. (1909). Os myriapodos do Brazil. Catalogos da Fauna Brazileira, 2 : 1-94, I-XXI. São Paulo, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33958361
page(s): 71 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Leptodesmus incertae sedis [details]