original description
Brölemann, H. W. (1916). Essai de classification des Polydesmiens. <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France.</em> 84: 523-608. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8559505
page(s): 605 [details]
original description
(of Polydesmus (Pterodesmus) De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901) Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehntner, L. (1902). Myriopoden aus Madagaskar und Zanzibar, gesammelt von Dr. A. Voetzkow. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 26(4): 429-460. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16126049
page(s): 436 [details]
source of synonymy
Jeekel, C. A. W. (1965). The identity of <em>Dalodesmus tectus</em> Cook, 1896, and the status of the family names Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896, Vanhoeffeniidae Attems, 1914, and Sphaerotrichopodidae Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Entomologische Berichten.</em> 25: 236-239. Amsterdam.
page(s): 238; note: synonymized with Dalodesmus [details]
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