original description
Schubart, O. (1952). "Leptodesmidae" Brasileiras. I: Três gêneros novos, "Goyazodesmus", "Rupidesmus", e "Thaumatodesmus". Revista brasileira de biologia, 12(4): 447-454. Rio de Janeiro
page(s): 448; note: figs 1-3, HT Male MZSP [details]
source of synonymy
Jeekel, 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 at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 265 [details]
new combination reference
Hoffman, R. L. (1971). Chelodesmid studies V. Some new, redefined, and resurrected Brasilian genera. Arquivos de Zoologia, 20: 225-277. Sao Paulo
page(s): 243; note: Leptodesmus cuspidatus [details]
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