original description
Mikhaljova, E.; Ulykpan, K.; Burkitbaeva, U. D. (2013). New data on the millipedes (Diplopoda) from East Kazakhstan (Altai). <em>Far Eastern Entomologist.</em> (260): 1-11.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Nefediev, P. S. (2022). Review of the genus Schizoturanius Verhoeff, 1931, with the description of a new species from the Altais, Asian Russia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5174(3): 262-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5174.3.4 [details] Available for editors 
From editor or global species database
Etymology The specific epithet refers to the practically smooth surface of metatergites. [details]