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original descriptionSilvestri, F. (1897). Systema Diplopodum. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 18: 644-651. Genova, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785907 page(s): 645 [details]
additional sourceWesener, T. (2016). The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida –
An annotated species catalogue
with morphological atlas
and list of apomorphies. <em>Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum.</em> 63: 1-107., available online athttps://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf page(s): 38; note: revalidation [details]
additional sourceWesener, T. (2015). Infraclass Pentazonia Brandt, 1833. 370-381. In: Enghoff et al., Diplopoda - Taxonomic overview. <em>Minelli, A. (ed.) The Myriapoda. Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology.</em> Vol 2, 482 pp, Brill. page(s): 374; note: updated diagnosis [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 page(s): 46 [details]
source of synonymyMauriès, J.-P. (2001). Sur l'identité de Zephronia hainani Gressit, 1941, à propos de la description d'un nouveau Prionobelum (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaeropoeidae) de Hainan, Chine. Zoosystema, 23(1): 131-142. Paris page(s): 140 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality