original descriptionKarsch, F. (1881). Zur Formenlehre der pentazonen Myriopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 47(1): 19-35. Berlin[details]
original description(ofSphaeropoeus montanus Karsch, 1881)Karsch, F. (1881). Zur Formenlehre der pentazonen Myriopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 47(1): 19-35. Berlin page(s): 31 [details]
taxonomy sourceWesener, 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 athttps://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf page(s): 34 [details]
redescriptionWesener, T. (2015). The Giant Pill-Millipedes of Nepal (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3964(3): 301., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3964.3.1 page(s): 201 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality