original description
Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 26 [details]
original description
(of Polydesmus hova De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897) Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1897). Myriapodes de Madagascar. <em>Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar.</em> 27(53): pls 1-12. Paris.
page(s): plate 5, figure 23; note: Named Polydesmus hova in figure caption [details]
original description
(of Pterodesmus hova Saussure & Zehntner, 1897) de Saussure, Henri Louis Frederic; Zehntner, Leo. (1897). Atlas de L´Histoire naturelle des Myriapodes. Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar pl., 1-15, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53579962
page(s): plate 5; note: Plate 5, figs 23-23c [details]
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1899). System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68: 251-436, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35890675
page(s): 357 [details]
additional source
Moritz, M.; Fischer, S.-C. (1978). Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 6: Nachtrag zu den Teilen 1 bis 4. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(2): 333-343. Berlin
page(s): 342 [details]
additional source
Enghoff, H. (2003). Diplopoda, Millipedes. In: Goodman, S.G. & Benstead, J.P. (eds.): The Natural History of Madagascar – The University of Chicago Press, 1760, 617-627
page(s): 623 [details]
redescription
Wesener, T.; Akkari, N.; Golovatch, S. I. (2025). Revision of the millipede family Dalodesmidae in Madagascar, with descriptions of two new Malagasy species of Dalodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1223: 185-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.139346
page(s): 203 [details]
redescription
Jeekel, C. A. W. (1965). The identity of <em>Dalodesmus tectus</em> Cook, 1896, and the status of the family names Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896, Vanhoeffeniidae Attems, 1914, and Sphaerotrichopodidae Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Entomologische Berichten.</em> 25: 236-239. Amsterdam.
page(s): 237 [details]
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