original description
Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Selista forceps. Annals of Nature, 1: 7
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source
Stoev, P.; Sierwald, P.; Billey, A. (2008). An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Zootaxa, 1706: 1-50
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source
Shelley, R. M. (1984). A synopsis of the milliped genus Abacion Rafinesque (Callipodida: Caspiopetalidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62: 980-988
page(s): 982 [details]
additional source
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): 197 [details]
source of synonymy
Jeekel, 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 at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 95 [details]
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