original descriptionAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1937). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea I. Fam. Strongylosomidae. Das Tierreich, 68: 1-300. Berlin, Leipzig page(s): 46 [details]
original description(ofMicrodesminus Strasser, 1960)Strasser, K. (1960). Diplopoden aus Alpen-, Apenninen- und Balkanländern. Fragmenta entomologica, 3(6): 95-140. Roma page(s): 96 [details]
original description(ofMicrodesmus Verhoeff, 1901)Verhoeff, K. W. (1901). Beiträge zur Kenntniss paläarktischer Myriopoden. XX. Aufsatz: Diplopoden des östlichen Mittelmeergebietes. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 67(1): 241-270. Berlin, available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14109580 page(s): 223; note: preoccupied
by Microdesmus Günther, 1864 (Pisces, Proceedings
Zoological Society London, 1864(4): 26); replaced by
Metonomastus Attems, 1937, and by Nannodesmus
Chamberlin, 1943 [details]
original description(ofNannodesmus Chamberlin, 1943)Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On nine North American polydesmoid millipeds. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 56: 35-40 page(s): 35 [details]
additional sourceAntić, D.; Vagalinski, B.; Stoev, P.; Golovatch, S. (2018). Two new species of the millipede genus Metonomastus Attems, 1937 from the Balkan Peninsula (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 786: 43-57., available online athttps://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.786.28386 page(s): p. 45; note: Providing the diagnosis for the genus [details] Available for editors
additional sourceKime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. <em>Fauna Europaea Evertebrata.</em> 3: 1-282; June 2011. page(s): 51 [details]
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