original descriptionBollman, C. H. (1893). The Myriapoda of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 46: 1-210. Washington page(s): 159 [details]
original description(ofParadesmus De Saussure, 1859)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): 325 [details]
additional sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online athttps://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf page(s): 229; note: lists Polydesmus beaumontii as type species; subsequent type species designation by Pocock, 1909 (Biologica Centrali-Americana: 159). [details]
additional sourceChen, H.-M.; Zheng, C.-B.; Jiang, X.-K. (2023). The millipedes (Diplopoda) in Yintiaoling National Natural Reserve, Southwest China. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5257(1): 49-81., available online athttps://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5257.1.6[details] Available for editors
source of synonymyHoffman, 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 page(s): 385 [details]
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