Loomis, H. F. (1951). A luminiscent new xystodesmid milliped from California. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 41: 270-272 page(s): 271 [details]
original descriptionLoomis, H. F. (1951). A luminiscent new xystodesmid milliped from California. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 41: 270-272 page(s): 271 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 378 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 378 [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): 271 [details]
new combination referenceCausey, N. B.; Tiemann, D. L. (1969). A revision of the bioluminescent millipedes of the genus Motyxia (Xystodesmidae Polydesmida). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 113(1): 14-33 page(s): 31; note: Motyxia sequoiae [details]
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