(ofPolydesmus sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1897). Myriapodes de Madagascar. <em>Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar.</em> 27(53): pls 1-12. Paris. page(s): plate 5, figure 22; note: Name given in caption to figure [details]
original description(ofPolydesmus sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1897). Myriapodes de Madagascar. <em>Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar.</em> 27(53): pls 1-12. Paris. page(s): plate 5, figure 22; note: Name given in caption to figure [details]
additional sourceAttems, 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): 490; note: Listed as Phymatodesmus sakalava[details]
additional sourceEnghoff, H. (2003). Diplopoda, Millipedes. In: Goodman, S.G. & Benstead, J.P. (eds.): The Natural History of Madagascar – The University of Chicago Press, 1760, 617-627 page(s): 623; note: Listed as Phymatodesmus sakalava in Dalodesmidae [details]
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