original description
Holsinger, J. R.; Bowman, T. E. (1973). A new troglobitic isopod of the genus Lirceus (Asellidae) from southwestern Virginia, with notes on its ecology and additional cave records for the genus in the Appalachians. <em>International Journal of Speleology.</em> 5: 261-271. [details]
basis of record
Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Holotype USNM 143681, geounit Virginia [details]
From editor or global species database
type locality S.W. Virginia, USA [details]