(ofSpirostreptus gigas Peters, 1855)Peters, W. C. H. (1855). Über die Myriapoden im allgemeinen und insbesondere über die in Mossambique beobachteten Arten. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 14: 75-85. Berlin page(s): 75 [details]
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original description(ofAethiopistreptus attemsii Verhoeff, 1938)Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Über Chorizognathen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in München. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 124(11-12): 303-320. Leipzig page(s): 310 [details]
original description(ofSpirostreptus plumaceus Voges, 1878)Voges, E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Juliden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 31: 127-194 page(s): 167 [details]
original description(ofGraphidostreptus msalaensis (Kraus, 1958))Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen page(s): 9 [details]
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original description(ofSpirostreptus msalaensis Kraus, 1958)Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen page(s): 9 [details]
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source of synonymySchubart, O. (1966). Diplopoda III: Pselaphognatha, Opisthospermophora, Colobognatha. South African Animal Life, 12: 9-227. Stockholm page(s): 115 [details]
new combination referenceSilvestri, F. (1895). Chilopodi e diplopodi raccolti dal capitano G. Bove e dal Prof. L. Balzan nell'America meridionale. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 14: 764-783. Genova, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940804 page(s): 14/777 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality