original description
Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehntner, L. (1902). Myriapodes de Madagascar. In: Grandidier, A. (Ed.),. <em>Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar.</em> 27(53): 1-356. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1227021
page(s): 20 [details]
taxonomy source
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): 23; note: designated Sphaerotherium retusum C.L. Koch, 1847 as type species [details]
basis of record
Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 62 [details]
additional source
Wesener, T. (2016). The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida –
An annotated species catalogue
with morphological atlas
and list of apomorphies. <em>Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum.</em> 63: 1-107., available online at https://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf
page(s): 8 [details]
source of synonymy
VandenSpiegel, D.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hamer, M. L. (2002). Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae),with new synonymies. African Invertebrates, 143-181. Pietermaritzburg
page(s): 145 [details]
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