original descriptionChamberlin, R. V. (1921). On some chilopods and diplopods from Knox Co., Tennessee. Canadian Entomologist, 53: 230-233 page(s): 232 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin page(s): 155 [details]
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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. page(s): 373 [details]
status sourceHoffman, R. L. (1958). Revision of the milliped genus Pachydesmus (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 108(3399): 181-218 page(s): 213; note: Reduced species to subspecies [details]
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