original description
Loomis, H. F. (1950). Synonymy of some native American and introduced millipeds. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 40: 164-166
page(s): 166; note: new name for Melanodesmus Loomis, 1941, preoccupied by Melanodesmus Carl, 1914 [details]
additional source
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): 487 [details]
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