original description
(of Spirobolus ligulatus Voges, 1878) Voges, E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Juliden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 31: 127-194
page(s): 180 [details]
new combination reference
Cook, O. F. (1897). New relatives of Spirobolus giganteus. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 18: 73-75
page(s): 74 [details]
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Taxonomic remark The current combination is Pelmatojulus ligulatus (Voges, 1878). See:
1) Hoffman, Richard Lawrence; Mahsberg, Dieter (1996): A new milliped of the genus Pelmatojulus from the Ivory Coast (Spirobolida: Pachybolidae). – Myriapodologica 4 (6): 43-49.
2) Wesener, Thomas; Enghoff, Henrik; Wägele, Johann Wolfgang (2008): Pachybolini - a tribe of giant Afrotropical millipedes: arguments for monophyly and the description of a new genus from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae). – Invertebrate Systematics 22 (1): 37-53. [details]
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