original descriptionAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1936). Diplopoda of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11(4): 133-323. Calcutta page(s): 285 [details]
original description(ofIndiothauma Verhoeff, 1938)Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Zur Kenntnis der Harpagophoriden und über eine neue Spiroboliden-Gattung. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, N.F., 7(4): 617-632. Leipzig page(s): 625 [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): 127 [details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M.; Sierwald, P.; Kiser, S. B.; Golovatch, S. I. (2000). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum II. 1-167. Sofia page(s): 31 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. page(s): 96 [details]
additional sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (2006). A bibliographic catalogue of the Oriental Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida). Myriapod memoranda, 9: 5-58 page(s): 31 [details]
additional sourceGolovatch, S. I.; Wesener, T. (2016). A species checklist of the millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) of India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4129(1): 1-75., available online athttps://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4129.1.1/21377 page(s): 26; note: Type-species: Harpurostreptus attemsi Carl, 1941, by direct substitution of Carl (1941b: 656) to replace Spirostreptus hamifer Humbert, 1866, as misidentified by Attems (1936: 286). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality