original description
Chamberlin, R. V. (1939). On some diplopods of the family Fontariidae. <em>Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series.</em> 30(2): 1-19. Salt Lake City.
page(s): 8 [details]
original description
(of Sigmoria nigrescens Hoffman, 1950) Hoffman, R. L. (1950). Records and descriptions of diplopods from the southern Appalachians. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 66(1): 11-33
page(s): 28 [details]
taxonomy source
Means, J. C.; Hennen, D. A.; Tanabe, T.; Marek, P. E. (2021). Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae. <em>Insect Systematics and Diversity.</em> 5(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab003 [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Means and Marek. (2017). Is geography an accurate predictor of evolutionary history in the millipede family Xystodesmidae?. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5:e3854., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3854 [details]
additional source
Swafford, L., and Bond, J. E. (2010). Failure to cospeciate: an unsorted tale of millipedes and mites. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 101(2): 272-287., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01499.x
page(s): 283 [details]
additional source
Shelley, R. M. (2000). Annotated checklist of the millipeds of North Carolina (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), with remarks on the genus Sigmoria Chamberlin (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 116(3): 177-205
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source
Marek, P. E.; Bond, J. E. (2006). Phylogenetic systematics of the colorful, cyanide-producing millipedes of Appalachia (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini) using a total evidence Bayesian approach. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 41: 704-729
page(s): 725 [details]
additional source
Marek, P. E.; Bond, J. E. (2007). A reassessment of apheloriine millipede phylogeny: additional taxa, Bayesian inference, and direct optimization (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Zootaxa, 1610: 27-39
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source
Hoffman, R. L. (1950). American polydesmoid millipeds of the genus Sigmoria, with notes on distribution. American Museum Novitates, 1462: 1-7. New York
page(s): 4 [details]
additional source
Hoffman, R. L. (1950). Records and descriptions of diplopods from the southern Appalachians. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 66(1): 11-33
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source
Shelley, R. M. (1986). A reconsideration of the milliped genus Sigmoria, with a revision of Deltotaria and an analysis of the genera in the tribe Apheloriini (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 35: 1-223. Philadelphia
page(s): 100 [details]
source of synonymy
Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 327 [details]
source of synonymy
Shelley, R. M. (1983). The status of Cleptoria divergens (Chamberlin) (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 1 (12): 81-89. Radford
page(s): 83 [details]
new combination reference
Hoffman, R. L. (1967). Revision of the milliped genus Cleptoria (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 124(3630): 1-27. Washington D.C.
page(s): 21; note: Cleptoria divergens divergens [details]
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