Genus Protaphelidesmus Brölemann, 1916
Protaphelidesmus ligula (Brölemann, 1898)
Platyrrhachus [recte: Platyrhacus] ligula Brölemann, 1898a . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 282, plates 23, 24, figs. 75–82; HT MALE (MNHN).
Pachyurus ligula — Attems 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 285.
Protaphelidesmus ligula — Brölemann 1916 . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 84: 599.
Protaphelidesmus ligula — Attems 1938 . Das Tierreich, 69: 314, fig. 352.
Protaphelidesmus ligula — Jeekel 1963 . Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4(11): 70.
Protaphelidesmus ligula — Vohland 1998 . Amazoniana, 15(1/2): 134, figs. 17–24.
Distribution in Venezuela: Colonia Tovar, Tovar Municipality, Aragua State (Brölemann 1898a).