original description
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1927). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer in nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Diplopoda. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 41: 51-90
page(s): 58 [details]
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1928). The Myriopoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 26: 1-431. Edinburgh, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40649179
page(s): 266 [details]
additional source
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): 399; note: Assigned to subgenus Gnomeskelus as Gnomeskelus (Gnomeskelus) penicillatus [details]
status source
Schubart, O. (1956). Diplopoda I: Proterospermophora. South African Animal Life, 3: 12-86. Uppsala
page(s): 68; note: Species made type of new subgenus Gnomeskelus (Pristomeskelus) [details]
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