original descriptionChamberlin, R. V. (1942). New millipodes from Michoacan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 55: 57-62 page(s): 59 [details]
original description(ofJaliscodesmus Hoffman, 1975)Hoffman, R. L. (1975). A new genus and species in the diplopod family Nearctodesmidae from Mexico with a proposed classification of the suborder Polydesmidea. Revue suisse de zoologie, 82(3): 647-654. Genève page(s): 648 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1975). A new genus and species in the diplopod family Nearctodesmidae from Mexico with a proposed classification of the suborder Polydesmidea. Revue suisse de zoologie, 82(3): 647-654. Genève[details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584.[details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M. (1994). The milliped family Nearctodesmidae in northwestern North America, with accounts of Sakophallus and S. simplex Chamberlin (Polydesmida). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 72(3): 470-495[details]