original description
(of Polydesmus gabonicus Lucas, 1858) Lucas, H. (1858). Myriapodes du Gabon. In: Thomsons Archives entom. II. Voyage au Gabon
page(s): 442 [details]
additional source
Cook, O. F. (1896). On recent diplopod names. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 2: 5-8.
page(s): 5 [details]
new combination reference
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): 213, 214 [details]
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