original description
(of Polydesmus limax De Saussure, 1860) Saussure, H. L. F. de (1858). Note sur la famille des Polydesmides (americaines). Diagnoses de quelques Myriapodes nouveaux de l'ordre des Chilopodes. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2. Sér., 10
page(s): 322 [details]
additional source
Huerta-De La Barrera, I. E., Bueno-Villegas, J., Means, J. C., and Cupul-Magaña, F. G. (2021). Redescription of Rhysodesmus dasypus (Gervais, 1847), the type species of the genus (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5040 (1): 066-076., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5040.1.3
page(s): 66-68, 74, 75 [details] Available for editors 
source of synonymy
Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 345 [details]
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