Polydesmus (Pterodesmus) voeltzkowi nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for Polydesmus (Pterodesmus) sakalava de Saussure Zehntner, 1901, now Dalodesmus sakalava (de Saussure Zehntner, 1901), a junior primary homonym of Polydesmus sakalava de Saussure Zehntner, 1897.
Keywords: Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae.