original descriptionChamberlin, R. V. (1952). Three cave-dwelling Millipeds. Entomological News, 63(1): 10-12 page(s): 12 [details]
additional sourceShear, William Albert; Reddell, James M. (2017). Cave millipedes of the United States. XIV. Revalidation of the genus Speorthus Chamberlin, 1952 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), with a description of a new species from Texas and remarks on the families Polydesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae in North America. Insecta Mundi, 0529: 1-13 page(s): 2 [details]
additional sourceLoomis, H. F. (1960). Millipeds of the order Polydesmida from the western states and Baja California. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 33: 57-68 page(s): 66 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 450 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 450 [details]
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 page(s): 353 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality