original descriptionLohmander, H. (1933). Über Diplopoden aus Zentralasien. Arkif för Zoologi, 25A(6): 1-71. Stockholm page(s): 12 [details]
new combination referenceAttems, 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): 84; note: Turanodesmus montivagus [details]
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