original description
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1928). The Myriopoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 26: 1-431. Edinburgh, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40649179
page(s): 379-380, pl. 14, figs. 347-350 [details]
additional source
Fiedler, O. G. H. (1965). Notes on the susceptibility of Millipedes (Diplopoda) to Insecticides. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 27(2): 219-225
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source
Schubart, O. (1966). Diplopoda III: Pselaphognatha, Opisthospermophora, Colobognatha. South African Animal Life, 12: 9-227. Stockholm
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source
Demange, J.-M. (1983). Données nouvelles sur la famille des Harpagophoridae (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 4e série, Section A, Zoologie, 5(2): 561-584. Paris
page(s): 582 [details]
source of synonymy
Redman, G. T.; Hamer, M. L.; Barraclough, D. A. (2003). Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species. African Invertebrates, 44(2): 203-277
page(s): 251 [details]
new combination reference
Lawrence, R. F. (1965). New Spirostreptidae and Harpagophoridae from Southern Africa. Memorias Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica de Mocambique, 7(A): 21-63. Courenco Margues
page(s): 57; note: Philoporatia robusta [details]
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