original description
(of Polydesmus japonicus Carl, 1902) Carl, J. (1902). Exotische Polydesmiden. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 10: 563-679. Genève, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9477493
page(s): 614 [details]
status source
Hollier, J.; Stöckli, E.; Wesener, T.; Mesibov, R.; Decker, P.; Sierwald, P. (2020). An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 127(1): 183-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0015
page(s): 209; note: Junior homonym of P. japonicum Peters, 1864. Replacement name P. carli [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity Erroneously proposed for Polydesmus (Stongylosoma) japonicus Peters, 1864 assuming a primary homonymy while it was in fact a secondary one, caused by Moritz & Fischer (1978) when using this name without brackets. (J. Spelda, pers. comm.) [details]