original descriptionVerhoeff, K. W. (1939). Über südafrikanische Polydesmoideen. Annals of the Natal Museum, 9(2): 173-201. Pietermaritzburg page(s): 189 [details]
original description(ofGnomeskelus (Rhopaloskelus) biseriatus Attems, 1940)Attems, 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): 409; note: New combination of Rhopaloskelus biseriatus Verhoeff, 1939 as Gnomeskelus (Rhopaloskelus) biseriatus[details]
additional sourceHamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82 page(s): 37 [details]
additional sourceMoritz, 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): 134 [details]
additional sourceSchubart, O. (1956). Diplopoda I: Proterospermophora. South African Animal Life, 3: 12-86. Uppsala page(s): 85 [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): 409; note: New combination as Gnomeskelus (Rhopaloskelus) biseriatus[details]
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