original descriptionBollman, C. H. (1893). The Myriapoda of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 46: 1-210. Washington page(s): 161 [details]
basis of recordJeekel, 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 page(s): 15 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. page(s): 131 [details]