original description(ofOrnithogonopus armatus Verhoeff, 1941)Verhoeff, K. W. (1941). Studien an äthiopischen Diplopoden. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 231-274 page(s): 259-261, pl. 12, figs. 32-34 [details]
original description(ofSpirostreptus semiglobosus Voges, 1878)Voges, E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Juliden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 31: 127-194 page(s): 172 [details]
additional sourceEnghoff, H.; Hoffman, R. L.; Howell, K. M. (2016). Checklist of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 105 (1): 51–113., available online athttps://doi.org/10.2982/028.105.0103 page(s): 78 [details]
new combination referenceHoffman, R. L.; Howell, K. M. (1996). Synopsis of Macrolenostreptini, a new tribe of Tanzanian spirostreptid millipeds (Diplopoda Spirostreptida). <em>Tropical Zoology.</em> 9: 441-453. page(s): 445-450; note: Macrolenostreptus brachycerus [details]
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