original descriptionAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1944). Neue Polydesmoidea. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 144(11-12): 223-251. Leipzig page(s): 233 [details]
additional sourceSchubart, O. (1956). Diplopoda I: Proterospermophora. South African Animal Life, 3: 12-86. Uppsala page(s): 57,83; note: Mentioned as Philocaffrus species (p. 57), listed in table of occurrences (p. 83) [details]
additional sourceHamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82 page(s): 36; note: Excluded from Philocaffrus and placed in Podochresimus (Paradoxosomatidae), apparently in error [details]
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