original description
Porat, C. O. von (1893). Myriopoder fran Vest- och Syd-Afrika. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens handlingar, Bihang, 18(7): 1-51, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13446960
page(s): 24 [details]
additional source
Cook, O. F. (1896). The genera of Oxydesmidae. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 3: 9-14
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 337 [details]
additional source
Carl, J. (1905). Diplopodes de la Guinée espagnole. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1(15): 261-284, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12197528
page(s): 275 [details]
additional source
Shelley, R. M. (1999). Centipedes and millipedes with emphasis on North American fauna. Kansas School Naturalist, 45(3): 1-15. Emporia
page(s): 281 [details]
additional source
Porat, C. O. von (1894). Zur Myriopodenfauna Kameruns. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens handlingar, Bihang, 20(5): 3-89. Stockholm, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14232226
page(s): 36, fig. 8 [details]
source of synonymy
Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 281 [details]
new combination reference
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1899). System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68: 251-436, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35890675
page(s): 299; note: Oxydesmus valdaui [details]
new combination reference
Hoffman, R. L. (1976). A fourth contribution to the knowledge of oxydesmid Diplopoda. Revue de Zoologie africaine, 90(4): 944-970
page(s): 949; note: Scytodesmus valdaui [details]
From editor or global species database
Original description p. 24 Oxydesmus valdaui
fig. 8a-8e Oxydesmus valdaui