Brandt, J. F. (1833). Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin de la Societé Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6: 194-209. Moscow, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989137[details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888785 on 2025-03-27
original descriptionBrandt, J. F. (1833). Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin de la Societé Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6: 194-209. Moscow, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989137[details]
taxonomy sourceMinelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp. page(s): 448; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]
basis of recordKoch, C.L. (1847). Den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden und ein System der Myriapoden. [The lists and corrections to Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids and a system of the myriapods.]. <em>In: Panzer, G.W.F. & Herrich-Schäffer, A. (eds.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands.</em> 3: 1-272, pls. 1-10., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094[details]
additional sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (1974). The group taxonomy and geography of the Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda). Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 32: 41-52. London note: Phylogeny [details]
additional sourceVandenSpiegel, D.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hamer, M. L. (2002). Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae),with new synonymies. African Invertebrates, 143-181. Pietermaritzburg[details]
additional sourceWesener, T.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2009). A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism. <em>Cladistics.</em> 25(6): 545-573., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x note: Phylogeny [details]
additional sourceWesener, T.; Raupach, M. J.; Sierwald, P. (2010). The origins of the giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 57(3): 1184-1193., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.023 note: Molecular phylogeny [details]