original description
Shear, W. A. (1980). Zoological results of the British Speleological Expedition to Papua New Guinea, 1975. Malayothrix papuana, n. sp., the first chordeumid milliped from New Guinea (Chordeumida, Metopidiotrichidae). Myriapodologica, 1 (5): 35-40. Radford
page(s): 38-39 [details]
source of synonymy
Shear, W. A. (2002). The milliped genus Metopidiothrix Attems (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Metopidiotrichidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 16: 849-892
page(s): 889 [details]
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