original description
(of Gnomeskelus terreus Attems, 1928) 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): 259 [details]
basis of record
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): 409; note: Redescribed as Gnomeskelus (Rhopaloskelus) terreus [details]
additional source
Lawrence, R. F. (1953). A revision of the Polydesmoidea of Natal and Zulu land. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 291-350.
page(s): 328; note: Subgenus misspelled Rhopaleskelus [details]
new combination reference
Schubart, O. (1956). Diplopoda I: Proterospermophora. South African Animal Life, 3: 12-86. Uppsala
page(s): 85; note: New combination as Rhopaloskelus terreus [details]
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