original descriptionChamberlin, R. V. (1914). A new diplopod from the Galapagos Islands with notes on the chilopods. Psyche, 21(3): 85-89 page(s): 88 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin page(s): 323 [details]
additional sourceKraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden von den Galapagos-Inseln. Senckenbergiana biologica, 39(1-2): 97-102. Frankfurt am Main page(s): 101; note: description of species [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): 340 [details]
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