original description(ofLeptodesmus cerasinus Attems, 1931)Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1931). Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart), (79): 1-150. Stuttgart page(s): 12 [details]
original description(ofLeptodesmus jawlowskii Schubart, 1945)Schubart, O. (1945). Os Proterospermophora do Distrito Federal (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 38: 1-156. Rio de Janeiro page(s): 59 [details]
additional sourceSchubart, O. (1945). Os Proterospermophora do Distrito Federal (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 38: 1-156. Rio de Janeiro page(s): 79 [details]
additional sourceSchubart, O. (1951). Sôbre alguns Leptodesmidae do Distrito federal do Brasil e do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Zoologia, 101: 1-15 page(s): 7 [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): 49 [details]
new combination referenceHoffman, R. L. (1971). Chelodesmid studies V. Some new, redefined, and resurrected Brasilian genera. Arquivos de Zoologia, 20: 225-277. Sao Paulo page(s): 271 [details]
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