original description
Lemos de Castro, A. (1958). <i>Benthanoscia longicaudata</i>, a new genus and species of terrestrial Isopod of the family Onsicidae (Isopoda, Oniscoidea). <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1884: 1-7. [details] Available for editors 
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]
additional source
Campos-Filho, I. S.; Taiti, S.; Araujo, P. B. (2015). Taxonomic revision of the genus Benthana Budde-Lund, 1908 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Philosciidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4022: 1-73. [details]
From editor or global species database
type locality Brazil [details]