original description
(of Sphaeropoeus gladiator Pocock, 1894) Pocock, R. I. (1894). Chilopoda, Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago. In: Weber, M.: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien, Band 3, 307-404. Leiden, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47774842
page(s): 327; note: plate 19, figs 11-11c [details]
taxonomy source
Wesener, T. (2016). The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida –
An annotated species catalogue
with morphological atlas
and list of apomorphies. <em>Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum.</em> 63: 1-107., available online at https://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source
Jeekel, C. A. W. (2001). A bibliographic catalogue of the Asiatic Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda). Myriapod memoranda, 3: 5-38. Oisterwijk
page(s): 22; note: as Leptoprotopus gladiator [details]
new combination reference
Silvestri, F. (1897). Systema Diplopodum. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 18: 644-651. Genova, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785907
page(s): 645; note: as Leptoprotopus gladiator [details]
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