original descriptionRafinesque, C. S. (1820). Selista forceps. Annals of Nature, 1: 7 page(s): 9 [details]
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original description(ofPlatops Newport, 1844)Newport, G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilognatha, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with description of a new genus and thirty-two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 263-270. London page(s): 266 [details]
original description(ofSpirostrephon Brandt, 1841)Brandt, J. F. (1841). Remarques supplémentaires au mémoire: Generis Juli specierum enumeratio, accompagnées de descriptions de trois espèces nouvelles. Bulletin Scientifique publié par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, 8(23): 365-368. St. Petersburg page(s): 105 [details]
additional sourceLoomis, H. F. (1937). Crested millipeds of the family Lysiopetalidae in North America, with Descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 84(3006): 97-135. Washington[details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M. (1984). A synopsis of the milliped genus Abacion Rafinesque (Callipodida: Caspiopetalidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62: 980-988[details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville[details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M.; McAllister, C. T.; Hollis, J. L. (2003). A new milliped of the genus Abacion Rafinesque, 1820 from Arkansas, U.S.A. (Callipodida: Abacionidae). Zootaxa, 170: 1-7. Auckland[details]
additional sourceStoev, P.; Sierwald, P.; Billey, A. (2008). An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Zootaxa, 1706: 1-50 page(s): 11 [details]
additional sourceStoev, P.; Shelley, R. M. (2009). The millipede order Callipodida in Mexico, with descriptions of a new genus and species from Sonora (Schizopetalidae). <em>In: Roble and Mitchell (eds.): 2009 - A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman's 80th Birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication No.</em> 16: 159-165.[details]