Trienchodesmus gayanus (Gervais, 1847)
Polydesmus Gayanus Gervais 1847: 114 (first description, in French; Chile ["Chili"])
Polydesmus gayanus Gervais in Gay 1849: 58 (brief redescription in Spanish)
Polydesmus gayanus Gervais in Gay 1954: plate "Miriapodos", Figs 1, 1a, 1b, 1c
Polydesmus Gayanus Gervais 1859: 10 (listed)
Trienchodesmus gayanus Silvestri 1903: 6 (new combination)
Trienchodesmus gayanus Silvestri 1905a: 737 (redescription in Latin of material from Coipué, Corral and Valdivia, Chile); plate 35, Fig. 19
Trienchodesmus gayanus Brölemann 1916: 552 (mentioned as type species of Trienchodesmus)
Trienchodesmus gayanus Attems 1938: 100 (as synonym of Trienchodesmus polydesmoides)
Trienchodesmus gayanus Chamberlin 1957: 18 (briefly noted)
Polydesmus gayanus Jeekel 1971: 358 (in genus catalogue as type species of Trienchodesmus)
Polydesmus gayanus Demange & Silva 1976b: 40 (introducing illustrations of Trienchodesmus gayanus; type apparently lost); Figs 30–32 (p. 40)
SYNONYM: Odontopeltis polydesmoides Attems, 1898
Odontopeltis polydesmoides Attems 1898: 398 (in key to species of Odontopeltis), 404 (first description, in German; Valdivia and Corral, Chile); plate 7, Fig. 147
Odontopeltis polydesmoides Silvestri 1903: 6 (first synonymized with Polydesmus gayanus Gervais, 1847)
Odontopeltis polydesmoides Silvestri 1905a: 737 (first listed as synonym of Trienchodesmus gayanus)
Odontopeltis polydesmoides Silvestri 1905b: 231 (republication of text from Silvestri (1903))
Trienchodesmus polydesmoides Attems 1931: Fig. 75 and caption (p. 52; new combination)
Trienchodesmus polydesmoides Attems 1938: 100 (in key to Trienchodesmus species; redescription in German); Fig. 117 (p. 101)
Trienchodesmus polydesmoides Schubart 1954: 327 (comment that T. camellatus strongly resembles T. polydesmoides).
Odontopeltis polydesmoides Demange & Silva 1976b: 40 (in agreement with synonymization by Silvestri (1905a))