original descriptionSilvestri, F. (1896). I Diplopodi. Parte I. - Sistematica. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 16: 121-254, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7697911[details]
taxonomy sourceMinelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp. page(s): 448; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]
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additional sourceShelley, R. M. (1996). The milliped family Hirudisomatidae in the New World (Polyzoniida). <em>Brimleyana.</em> 23: 103-143.[details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M. (1996). Nepalozonium trimaculatum, n. gen., n. sp. (Diplopoda: Polyzoniida: Hirudisomatidae): First record of the order and family from central Asia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 98(4): 677-680[details]
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