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original descriptionCook, O. F. (1895). East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 18: 81-111. Washington, DC page(s): 101 [details]
original description(ofMetaphoricus lanzai Ceuca, 1971)Ceuca, T. (1971). Contribution to knowledge of the Diplopoda of Somalia 1st report [Contributo alla conoscenza dei Diplopodi della Somalia (Prima Nota)]. <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> Suppl 3: 79-90. page(s): 82 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1899). System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68: 251-436, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35890675 page(s): 307 [details]
additional sourceAttems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin page(s): 360 [details]
additional sourceShelley, R. M. (1999). Centipedes and millipedes with emphasis on North American fauna. Kansas School Naturalist, 45(3): 1-15. Emporia page(s): 56 [details]
additional sourcePocock, R. I. (1896). On the Scorpions, centipeds and millipeds ... Mount Kenia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 17 page(s): 436 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, 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): 276 [details]
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