Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1901). Myriopoden aus Madagaskar und Zanzibar, gesammelt von Dr. A. Voetzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 26(4): 429-460. Frankfurt am Main, available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16126049 page(s): 437 [details]
original descriptionSaussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1901). Myriopoden aus Madagaskar und Zanzibar, gesammelt von Dr. A. Voetzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 26(4): 429-460. Frankfurt am Main, available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16126049 page(s): 437 [details]
additional sourceSaussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1902). Myriapodes de Madagascar. Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar, 27(53): 1-356. Paris, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1227021 page(s): 93 [details]
new combination referenceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin page(s): 436; note: Tubercularium sakalava [details]
status 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): 349; note: type species designation by Jeekel, 1971: 349; genus-group name Pterodesmus De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901 preoccupied by Pterodesmus Cook, 1896 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality