Oligodesmus Attems, 1898

Type species: Oligodesmus nitidus Attems, 1898, by monotypy

Oligodesmus Attems 1898: 271 (in genus key), 272 (relationships), 322 (first description, in German)

Oligodesmus Silvestri 1905a: 735 (introducing Oligodesmus nitidus)

Oligodesmus Attems 1914: 239 (in genus key; assigned to Sphaerotrichopidae)

Oligodesmus Brölemann 1916: 556 (relationships)

Oligodesmus Attems 1926: 146 (in genus key)

Oligodesmus Verhoeff 1932: 1580 (in genus key)

Oligodesmus Verhoeff 1936: 6, 8 (in genus keys)

Oligodesmus Attems 1940: 384 (in genus key), 436 (redescription in German)

Oligodesmus Chamberlin 1957: 19 (in genus key), 27 (introducing Oligodesmus species)

Oligodesmus Jeekel 1971: 341 (in genus catalogue)

Oligodesmus Hoffman 1980: 185 (in genus catalogue)