original description
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): 380, pl. 14, figs. 343-346 [details]
additional source
Schubart, O. (1966). Diplopoda III: Pselaphognatha, Opisthospermophora, Colobognatha. South African Animal Life, 12: 9-227. Stockholm
page(s): 159; note: Poratophilus (Philoporatia) sabulosus [details]
additional source
Demange, J.-M. (1983). Données nouvelles sur la famille des Harpagophoridae (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 4e série, Section A, Zoologie, 5(2): 561-584. Paris
page(s): 582, 583 [details]
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