original description
Cook, O. F. (1899). African Diplopoda of the family Gomphodesmidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1170): 677-739. Washington
page(s): 708-710, figs 3a-3c [details]
additional source
Hoffman, R. L. (2005). Monograph of the Gomphodesmidae, a family of African polydesmoid millipeds. Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, 1-537
page(s): 209; note: description of species [details]
additional source
Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 67; note: only note Tymbodesmus figlinus sp. nov. without description, figures or locality [details]
additional source
Mbenoun Massé, P. S. (2023). An annotated checklist of the Millipedes (Myriapoda Diplopoda) of Cameroon, with several new species and distribution records. <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 14(2): 275-291., available online at https://www.biodiversityjournal.com/images/pubblicazioni/biodiversity-journal-2023/biodiversity-journal-2023-14-02/biodiversity-journal-2023-14-02_275-291.pdf
page(s): 283 [details]
additional source
Nzoko Fiemapong, A. R.; Tamesse, J. L.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2017). A survey of the western African millipede genus Tymbodesmus Cook, 1899 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Gomphodesmidae), with the description of a new species from Cameroon. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 26(1): 1-7., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/26/26_1_001_007_Nzoko_et_al_for_Inet.pdf
page(s): 2, fig. 3 [details]
additional source
Moritz, M.; Fischer, S.-C. (1978). Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 4: Polydesmida. Teil 5: Ergänzungen. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(1): 99-160. Berlin
page(s): 117 [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): 292 [details]
new combination reference
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 432; note: Aulodesmus figlinus [details]
From editor or global species database
figs. 3a-3c Tymbodesmus figlinus
p. 710 Tymbodesmus figlinus
p. 709 Tymbodesmus figlinus
p. 708 Tymbodesmus figlinus