original descriptionBrölemann, H. W. (1900). Myriapodes d'Amérique. Mémoires de la société zoologique de France, 13: 89-128. Paris, available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10115590 page(s): 98; note: plate 6, figs 21-25 [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): 172 [details]
additional sourceChamberlin, R. V. (1922). The millipeds of Central America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 60(2403): 1-75. Washington D.C., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.60-2403.1 page(s): 48 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584. page(s): 278 [details]
additional sourcePocock, R. I. (1910). Chilopoda and Diplopoda. In: Biologia centrali-americana, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America, edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin, 1-217, available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/576427 page(s): 168 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, 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): 287 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584. page(s): 278 [details]
new combination referenceHoffman, R. L. (1950). Systematic notes on some Central American millipeds. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 63: 69-71 page(s): 70; note: Solaenorhabdus contortus [details]
new combination referenceCarl, J. (1902). Exotische Polydesmiden. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 10: 563-679. Genève, available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9477493 page(s): 607; note: Leptodesmus contortus [details]
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