original description
Harger, O. (1872). Descriptions of new North-American Myriapods. American Journal of Science, 3(4): 117-121 [details]
additional source
Shear, William Albert. (2010). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 2385: 1-62
page(s): 11 [details]
source of synonymy
Shelley, R. M. (1993). The myriapod types of Oscar Harger (Arthropoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda). Brimleyana, 18: 1-17 [details]
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