original description
(of Scaptodesmus roccatii Silvestri, 1907) Silvestri, F. (1907). Spedizione al Ruwenzori di S. A. R. Luigi Amedeo di Savoia duca degli Abruzzi. XIX. Nuove specie di Diplopodi (Diagnosi preventive). Polydesmoidea. Bollettino del musei di zoologia e di anatomia comparata della Reale Università di Torino, 22(560): 1-8. Torino, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11838206
page(s): 4; note: as Scaptodesmus Roccatii. Roccati is a family (mostly in Italy). The species epithet roccatii is properly formed from Latinized "Roccatius" [details]
additional source
Strand, E. (1910). Myriopoda für 1909. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 1910(5, 2): 1-22, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14448027
page(s): 18; note: Usage of the spelling, "roccati". [details]
additional source
Chamberlin, R. V. (1952). An arrangement of the Prepodesmidae, a family of African millipeds. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42: 327-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697689
page(s): 328; note: Usage of the spelling, "roccati". [details]
source of synonymy
Demange, J.-M.; Mauriès, J.-P. (1975). Myriapodes - Diplopodes des Monts Nimba et Tonkoui (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinée) récoltés par M. Lamotte et ses collaborateurs de 1942 à 1961. <em>Annalen, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika - Zoologische wetenschappen.</em> 212: 1-192. Tervuren.
page(s): 143 [details]
From editor or global species database