original description
Montagu G. (1816). An account of some new and rare marine British shells and animals. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 179-204, pls 12-14 ["1815"; 24 January 1816]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756731 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment A labelling error resulted in the inclusion of Diplotis in annelids by many authors, because the (wrong) figure was clearly a spionid (correctly matched to its name it was Montagu's Spio crenaticornis). See Diplotis hyalina notes. Neave placed Diplotis as an insect genus, presumably based on Montagu's comment of "resemblance to the larva of some insect ..." [details]
