original descriptionAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1928). The Myriopoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 26: 1-431. Edinburgh, available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40649179 page(s): 401 [details]
additional sourceKraus, O. (1960). Äthiopische Diplopoden I. Monographie der Odontopygidae-Odontopyginae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptoidea). Annalen van het Koninklijk Museum van Belgisch-Congo, Reeks in 8°, 82: 1-207. Tervuren page(s): 73 [details]
additional sourceSchubart, O. (1966). Diplopoda III: Pselaphognatha, Opisthospermophora, Colobognatha. South African Animal Life, 12: 9-227. Stockholm page(s): 128 [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): 133 [details]
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