original descriptionVerhoeff, K. W. (1929). 2. Buch: Diplopoda. 9. Lieferung. In: Bronn, H. G.: Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs, Bd. 5, Abt. 2., 1361-1522. Leipzig page(s): 1489 [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): 70 [details]