original descriptionVerhoeff, K. W. (1937). Zur Kenntnis ostasiatischer Diplopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 117(11-12): 309-321. Leipzig page(s): 319 [details]
additional sourceTakakuwa, Y. (1954). [Diplopoden aus Japan und ihn angrenzenden Gebieten] [Jpn. with Ger. summary]. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 1-241 page(s): 71 [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): 155 [details]
additional sourceMoritz, 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): 124 [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): 269 [details]
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