original descriptionVerhoeff, K. W. (1914). Ascospermophoren aus Japan. (Über Diplopoden, 69. Aufsatz.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 43(8): 342-370. Leipzig page(s): 347 [details]
taxonomy sourceMinelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp. page(s): 450; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]
additional sourceShear, William Albert. (2010). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 2385: 1-62[details]
additional sourceShear, W. A. (2003). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, part 1: Introduction and genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 321: 1-36. Auckland[details]
additional sourceCausey, N. B. (1963). Mexiterpes sabinus, new genus and new species, a Mexican troglobite (Diplopoda: Trichopetalidae). Psyche, 70(4): 235-239[details]
additional sourceLoomis, H. F. (1966). Two new families and other North American Diplopoda of the suborder Chordeumidea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 79: 221-230. Washington[details]
additional sourceShear, W. A. (1972). Studies in the milliped order Chordeumida (Diplopoda). A revision of the family Cleidogonidae and a reclassification of the order Chordeumida in the New World. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 144: 151-352. Cambridge[details]
additional sourceShear, W. A. (1982). Millipeds (Diplopoda) from caves in Mexico and Central America. IV. New species and records of Glomeridae, Cleidogonidae, Trichopetalidae, Fuhrmannodesmidae and Sphaeriodesmidae. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin, 28: 145-160 page(s): 153 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality