Lucas, H. (1843). Observations sur un nouveau genre de la classe des Myriapodes appartenant a la famille des Iulites. Annales de la société entomologique de France, Sér. 2, 1: 43-53. Paris[details]
Type locality contained in Guatemala, North Carolina
type locality contained in Guatemala [details] type locality contained in North Carolina [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Platydesmus polydesmoides Lucas, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=936472 on 2025-03-26
original descriptionLucas, H. (1843). Observations sur un nouveau genre de la classe des Myriapodes appartenant a la famille des Iulites. Annales de la société entomologique de France, Sér. 2, 1: 43-53. Paris[details]
additional sourceKoch, 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 athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094 page(s): 145 [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., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 page(s): 184 [details]
additional sourcePocock, R. I. (1910). Chilopoda and Diplopoda. In: Biologia centrali-americana, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America, edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin, 1-217, available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/576427 page(s): 48 [details]
additional sourceSaussure, H. L. F. de. (1860). Essai d'une faune des Myriapodes du Mexique avec la description de quelques espèces des autres parties de l'Amérique. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physiques et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 15(2): 135 pages, starts page 259, page numbering uncertain., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10918573 page(s): 643 [details]
additional sourceBrölemann, H. W. (1896). Liste de Myriapodes des États-Unis, et principalmemt de la Caroline du Nord, faisant partie des collections de M. Eugène Simon. <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France.</em> 65(1): 43-70. Paris., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8312715 page(s): 69 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online athttps://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf page(s): 42 [details]
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