original description
Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 66 [details]
additional source
Lawrence, R. F. (1958). Contributions to the Myriopoda of Natal and Zululand. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14 (2): 279-301.
page(s): 283 [details]
additional source
Lawrence, R. F. (1953). A revision of the Polydesmoidea of Natal and Zulu land. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 12(3): 291-350.
page(s): 302 [details]
additional source
Lawrence, R. F. (1962). New Polydesmoidea (Diplopoda) from South Africa. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 15(14): 141-165., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/15/14/AJA03040798_795
page(s): 146 [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1928). The Myriopoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 26: 1-431. Edinburgh, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40649179
page(s): 281 [details]
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1934). The Myriopoda of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum, 7(3): 459-522
page(s): 472 [details]
additional source
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 425 [details]
additional source
Moritz, M.; Fischer, S.-C. (1978). Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 4: Polydesmida. Teil 5: Ergänzungen. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(1): 99-160. Berlin
page(s): 122 [details]
additional source
Cook, O. F. (1899). African Diplopoda of the family Gomphodesmidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1170): 677-739. Washington
page(s): 690 [details]
additional source
Hoffman, R. L. (2005). Monograph of the Gomphodesmidae, a family of African polydesmoid millipeds. Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, 1-537
page(s): 398; note: description of species [details]
source of synonymy
Jeekel, 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 at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 293 [details]
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