original descriptionCook, O. F. (1896). A new diplopod fauna in Liberia. American Naturalist, 30: 413-420 page(s): 415 [details]
status sourceHoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. page(s): 186; note: in: Polydesmidea of uncertain status and family position [details]