original descriptionCarl, J. (1932). Zoologische Forschungen in Süd-Indien (Winter 1926/27). Diplopoden aus Süd-Indien und Ceylon. 1. Teil. Polydesmoidea. Revue suisse de zoologie, 39(17): 411-529. Genève page(s): 495 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1936). Diplopoda of India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11(4): 133-323. Calcutta page(s): 244 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin page(s): 246 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, 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 athttps://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf page(s): 316 [details]
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