original descriptionVerhoeff, K. W. (1941). Studien an äthiopischen Diplopoden. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 231-274 page(s): 265 [details]
basis of recordKrabbe, E. (1982). Systematik der Spirostreptidae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptomorpha). Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (N.F.), 24: 1-476. Hamburg page(s): 196 [details]
additional sourceJeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online athttps://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf page(s): 126 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. page(s): 93 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1993). Biogeography of East African montane forest millipedes. In: Lovett, Jon C.; Wasser, Samuel K. [Eds]. Biogeography and ecology of the rain forests of eastern Africa. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, England. 1993: i-ix, 1-341, 103-115 page(s): 106 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (2008). Two new genera of spirostreptid millipeds from central Africa, with a new terminology for male genitalia in the family Spirostreptidae (Diplopoda Spirostreptida). <em>Tropical Zoology.</em> 21(2): 167-186. page(s): 171 [details]
additional sourceEnghoff, H.; Hoffman, R. L.; Howell, K. M. (2016). Checklist of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 105 (1): 51–113., available online athttps://doi.org/10.2982/028.105.0103 page(s): 76 [details]
source of synonymyKrabbe, E. (1982). Systematik der Spirostreptidae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptomorpha). Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (N.F.), 24: 1-476. Hamburg page(s): 196 [details]
redescriptionHoffman, R.L. (2011). A review of the milliped genus Haplogonopus with commentary on the so-called “Charactopygus-Bildung” modification of spirostreptid paraprocts (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2734: 53–62. page(s): 54 [details]