The type species of the genus, Dynesmus iquitus, was changed to Barydesmus iquitus. Therefore, the genus Dynesmus must be a junior synonym of Barydemus
Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888[details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Barydesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891100 on 2024-12-01
original descriptionCook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888[details]
original description(ofDynesmus Chamberlin, 1941)Chamberlin, R. V. (1941). On a collection of millipedes and centipedes from Northeastern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of natural History, 78(7): 473-535. NewYork page(s): 497 [details] Available for editors
original description(ofAymaresmus Chamberlin, 1941)Chamberlin, R. V. (1941). On a collection of millipedes and centipedes from Northeastern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of natural History, 78(7): 473-535. NewYork page(s): 494 [details] Available for editors
original description(ofCyphorrhacus Cook, 1896)Cook, O. F. (1896). New American Platyrrhacidae. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 12: 51-54 page(s): 52 [details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M.; Martinez-Torres, D. (2013). The milliped family Platyrhacidae (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea) in the West Indies: Proposal of Hoffmanorhacus n. gen.; description and illustrations of males of Proaspis aitia Loomis, 1941; redescription of Nannorrhacus luciae (Pocock, 1894); hypotheses on origins and affinities; and an updated New World familial distribution. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3626: 477-498., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.4 page(s): 492 [details]
additional sourceRecuero, E.; Sánchez-Vialas, A. (2018). A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4482(2): 245-273., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2 page(s): 150 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymyJeekel, C. A. W. (1963). Diplopoda of Guiana (1-5). Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4: 1-157. The Hague page(s): 89 [details]