original description
(of Metoponorthus pica Dollfus, 1892) Dollfus, A. (1892). Note sur les isopodes terrestres et fluviatiles de Syrie recueillis principalement par M. Le Dr Th Barrois. <em>Revue Biologique du Nord de la France.</em> 4(4): 121-135, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11130963 [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]
From editor or global species database
type locality Israel [details]