original description
Silvestri, F. (1948). Tavola sinottica dei generi dei Diplopoda Penicillata. Bollettino del Laboratorio di entomologia agraria "Filippo Silvestri", 8: 214-220
page(s): 216 [details]
basis of record
Lawrence, R.F. (1984) The Centipedes and Millipedes of Southern Africa. A.N.Balkema, Cape Town & Rotterdam [details]
additional source
Barber, A. D. (2009). Littoral myriapods. a review. <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 81(3): 735-760., available online at https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/33_barber.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source
Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique. (2009). Revision of the genera of Polyxenidae bearing pseudoarticulated gnathochilarial sensilla (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Polyxenidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31 (4): 829-848.
page(s): 831 [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Ecology Lawrence (1984) refers to a species of Chilexenus at Port Alfred, South Africa which is "probably able to tolerate a certain amount of salinity" [details]