original description(ofMacheiriophoron Verhoeff, 1897)Verhoeff, K. W. (1897). Beiträge zur Kenntniss paläarktischer Myriopoden. V. Aufsatz: Übersicht der mir genauer bekannten europäischen Chordeumiden-Gattungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 63(1): 129-138 page(s): 138 [details]
additional sourceKime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2021). Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 769: 1-244., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.769.1497 page(s): 100; note: This genus epitomizes the difficulties with interpreting morphological variation in terms of a meaningful
taxonomy. Rhymogona has been regarded as a monospecific genus or a “ring species” (Pedrol...
This genus epitomizes the difficulties with interpreting morphological variation in terms of a meaningful
taxonomy. Rhymogona has been regarded as a monospecific genus or a “ring species” (Pedroli-Christen &
Scholl 1996a, 1996b), but we here follow Spelda (2005) and recognize five separate species.