original descriptionLoomis, H. F. (1958). A new milliped family on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 48: 235-237[details]
taxonomy sourceMinelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp. page(s): 449; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]