original descriptionVerhoeff, K. W. (1914). Ascospermophoren aus Japan. (Über Diplopoden, 69. Aufsatz.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 43(8): 342-370. Leipzig page(s): 346 [details]
taxonomy sourceMinelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp. page(s): 450; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]