original description(ofScaphiostreptus linaresi Mauriès, 1969)Mauriès, J.-P. (1969). Diplopodos de la Cueva del Guácharo, Caripe, Venezuela (recolectado por O. Linares & P. Strinati). Soc. Venezolana Espel., 11(1): 35-43 page(s): 38-41, figs. 2-5 [details]
new combination referenceKrabbe, E. (1982). Systematik der Spirostreptidae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptomorpha). Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (N.F.), 24: 1-476. Hamburg page(s): 382-383; note: Orthoporus linaresi [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality