original description
Nunomura, N. (1986). Studies on the terrestrial isopod crustaceans in Japan. III. Taxonomy of the Families Scyphacidae (continued), Marinoniscidae, Halophilosciidae, Philosciidae and Oniscidae. <em>Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum.</em> 9: 1-72. [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]
source of synonymy
Karasawa, S. (2016). Eleven nominal species of Burmoniscus are junior synonyms of B. kathmandius (Schmalfuss, 1983) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 607: 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.8253 [details]
From editor or global species database
type locality Japan [details]