original description(ofGnomeskelus bacillifer Attems, 1944)Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1944). Neue Polydesmoidea. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 144(11-12): 223-251. Leipzig page(s): 231 [details]
basis of recordSchubart, O. (1956). Diplopoda I: Proterospermophora. South African Animal Life, 3: 12-86. Uppsala page(s): 84; note: Listed as Gnomeskelus (Gnomeskelus) bacillifer[details]
additional sourceHamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82 page(s): 29; note: Listed without subgenus [details]
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