original descriptionLoomis, H. F. (1972). Millipeds associated with ants in Washington State. Florida Entomologist, 55: 145-151 page(s): 147 [details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M.; Sierwald, P.; Kiser, S. B.; Golovatch, S. I. (2000). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum II. 1-167. Sofia page(s): 83 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 440 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 440; note: listed as a synonym of Polydesmus angustus [details]
source of synonymyShelley, R. M. (1996). The identity of Alpertia lunatifrons Loomis, with records of introduced polydesmids from northwestern North America, deletion of Polydesmus racovitzai Brolemann, and identfication of invalid taxa (Polydesmida:Polydesmidae). Myriapodologica, 4(3): 17-20. Martinsville page(s): 17; note: synonymized Alpertia lunatifrons under Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884 [details]
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