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Chamberlin, R. V.; Hoffman, R. L. (1958). "Checklist of the millipeds of North America".
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Loomis, H. F. (1968). A checklist of the millipeds of Mexico and Central America.
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Chamberlin (1918). "The Chilopoda and Diplopoda of the West Indies".
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