ChiloBase 2.0

Recommended citation:
Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

Dignathodon Meinert, 1870

Original description: Meinert F. (1870). Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile - Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, (3)7: 1-128, see p. 36.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae ("Dignathodontinae")

Original rank: genus

Type species: Geophilus microcephalus Lucas, 1846 - by monotypy

Synonym(s):

• Rhysonotum Attems, 1952

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Matic Z. (1972). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania. Clasa Chilopoda Subclasa Epimorpha - Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania Bucuresti, 6: 1-220, see p. 131.

Valid Species:

• Dignathodon gracilis (Attems, 1952)
• Dignathodon microcephalus (Lucas, 1846)