original descriptionDemange, J.-M. (1970). Myriapodes Diplopodes de Madère et des Açores. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, 25: 5-43 page(s): 25 [details]
original description(ofPolydesmus furnasensis Demange, 1970)Demange, J.-M. (1970). Myriapodes Diplopodes de Madère et des Açores. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, 25: 5-43 page(s): 20, 25, fig. 15 [details]
additional sourceKime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. <em>Fauna Europaea Evertebrata.</em> 3: 1-282; June 2011. page(s): 67; note: This is the only millipede species known only from the Azores. We suspect that it will eventually be
discovered elsewhere, as has happened with other species previously believed to be Azorean endemic...
This is the only millipede species known only from the Azores. We suspect that it will eventually be
discovered elsewhere, as has happened with other species previously believed to be Azorean endemics.