original descriptionSilvestri, F. (1910). Descrizioni preliminari di novi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35(12-13): 357-364. Jena, available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741798 page(s): 358 [details]
original description(ofCliodesmus 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): 79 [details]