original descriptionStoev, P. E.; Enghoff, H. (2003). Systematic, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae). Zootaxa, 272: 1-26. Auckland, available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.272.1.1 page(s): 12; note: Fig 10-12 [details]
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