Cook, O. F. (1895). East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 18: 81-111. Washington, DC page(s): 99 [details]
original descriptionCook, O. F. (1895). East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 18: 81-111. Washington, DC page(s): 99 [details]
original description(ofOxydesmus nanus Attems, 1927)Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1927). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauer in nach Zentralafrika, Dezember 1909 bis Februar 1911. Diplopoda. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 41: 51-90 page(s): 66 [details]
additional sourceMoritz, M.; Fischer, S.-C. (1978). Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 4: Polydesmida. Teil 5: Ergänzungen. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(1): 99-160. Berlin page(s): 125 [details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M. (1999). Centipedes and millipedes with emphasis on North American fauna. Kansas School Naturalist, 45(3): 1-15. Emporia page(s): 67 [details]
additional sourceCook, O. F. (1896). Summary of new Liberian Polydesmoidea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 48: 257-267. page(s): 264 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, 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 page(s): 273 [details]
new combination referenceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin page(s): 356; note: Metaphoricus parallelus [details]
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