original descriptionVerhoeff, K. W. (1939). Über südafrikanische Polydesmoideen. Annals of the Natal Museum, 9(2): 173-201. Pietermaritzburg page(s): 192 [details]
additional sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (2000). Errata to Jeekel, (1970) 1971, Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum. Myriapod memoranda, 2: 15-21. Amsterdam page(s): 21; note: Jeekel here says the genus name is feminine, not masculine as indicated in Jeekel (1971) [details]
additional sourceHamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82 page(s): 38 [details]
additional sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online athttps://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf page(s): 346; note: Jeekel here lists the genus name as masculine, but corrects this to feminine in Jeekel (2000) [details]