original description(ofScaphiostreptus fuscipes recifensis 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): 41-42, figs. 7-8 [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): 381; note: Orthoporus fuscipes recifensis [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality