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Annotated checklist of millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of Sri Lanka

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De Zoysa, H. K. S., Nguyen, Anh D., Wickramasinghe, S. (2016): Annotated checklist of millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4061 (5): 451-482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.1

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