original description
Chamberlin, R. V.; Mulaik, S. (1941). On a collection of millipeds from Texas and New Mexico. J.N.V. Ent. Soc., 49(1): 57-64
page(s): 58 [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): 402 [details]
additional source
Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville
page(s): 39 [details]
source of synonymy
Jeekel, 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 at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 261 [details]
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): 402 [details]
new combination reference
Loomis, H. F. (1959). Millipeds collected en route from Florida to San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 49: 157-163
page(s): 160; note: Desmonus atophus [details]
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