original descriptionCook, O. F. (1904). Myriapoda of northwestern North America. <em>Harriman Expedition 8 Insects.</em> Pt. 1: 47–82. page(s): 58 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin page(s): 94 [details]
additional sourceLoomis, H. F.; Schmitt, R. (1971). The ecology, distribution and taxnomy of the millipeds of Montana west of the Continental Divide. Northwest Science, 45: 107-131. Pallman page(s): 113 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584. page(s): 364 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, 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): 268 [details]
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