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original descriptionSchubart, 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): 450; note: figs 4-6 [details]
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additional sourceJeekel, 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): 286 [details]
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