Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584.

source of synonymy

Jeekel, 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

source of synonymy

Loomis, H. F. (1943). New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some estabished species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92(7): 371-410. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.

original description

Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville

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