original descriptionGerstäcker, A. (1873). Myriopoda. In: Gerstaecker, A.: Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes, 507-524. Leipzig, Heidelberg[details]
original description(ofMetiche tanganyicense Kraus, 1958)Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen page(s): 7 [details]
original description(ofTrigoniulus ruspolii Silvestri, 1896)Silvestri, F. (1896). Chilopodi e diplopodi raccolti da Don Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli durante l'ultimo suo viaggio nelle regioni dei Somali e dei Galla. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 17: 57-65. Genova, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39201439 page(s): 64 [details]
original description(ofMetiche attemsi Kraus, 1958)Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen page(s): 7 [details]
additional sourceŠustr, V.; Semanová, S.; Rost-Roszkowska, M.; Tajovský, K.; Sosinka, A.; Kaszuba, F. (2020). Enzymatic activities in the digestive tract of spirostreptid and spirobolid millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida and Spirobolida). <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.</em> 241: 110388., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2019.110388[details]
additional sourceŠustr, V.; Šimek, M.; Faktorová, L.; Macková, J.; Tajovský, K. (2020). Release of greenhouse gases from millipedes as related to food, body size, and other factors. <em>Soil Biology and Biochemistry.</em> 144: 107765., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107765[details]
redescriptionEnghoff, H. (1977). Revision of the East African milliped genus Epibolus Cook, 1897 with notes on the biology of E. pulchripes (Gerstäcker) (Diplopoda, Spirobolida: Pachybolidae). Entomologica scandinavica, 8: 1-8. Lund[details]
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