MilliBase taxon details
original description
Pocock, R. I. (1897). New genera and species of millipedes of the family Platyrhachidae from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan subregions, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 20: 427-446 page(s): 444, fig. 18 [details]
original description
(of Platyrrhacus diontodesmus Attems, 1899) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1899). System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68: 251-436, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35890675 page(s): 328; note: nom. nov. pro Diodontodesmus verrucosus Pocock, 1897 [details]
additional source
Jeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Myriapod memoranda.</em> 10: 49-101. page(s): 85 [details]
new combination reference
Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. page(s): 164; note: lists Diodontodesmus a valid genus of uncertain position [details]
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