Stenomera Rafinesque, 1820


The valid name for Stenomera Rafinesque, 1820 is Lithobius Leach, 1814

Stenomera Rafinesque, 1820

Original description: Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Annals of nature, or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants etc. discovered in North America. First annual number for 1820 - Lexington, pp. 20, see p. 8.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Stenomera interrupta Rafinesque, 1820 - by monotypy

Synonymy: Hoffman R.L., Crabill R.E. (1953). C. S. Rafinesque as the real father of American myriapodology: an analysis of his hitherto unrecognized species - Florida Entomologist , 36: 73-82, see p. 76.