original descriptionCook, O. F. (1904). Myriapoda of northwestern North America. <em>Harriman Expedition 8 Insects.</em> Pt. 1: 47–82. page(s): 65 [details]
additional sourceBuckett, J. S.; Gardner, M. R. (1966). Rediscovery and Redescription of Tylobolus deses Cook, with the description of new subspecies (Diplopoda: Spirobolidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 79: 41-48, available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34562709[details] Available for editors
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): 208 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584. page(s): 45 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality