Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin

source of synonymy

Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.

taxonomy source

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

additional source

Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Über Diplopoden des Zoologischen Museums in München. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 71(1-2): 1-54. Jena

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