original descriptionLoomis, H. F. (1972). Millipeds from the atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica. Florida Entomologist, 55(3): 185-206 page(s): 193 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville page(s): 481 [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): 322 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality