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.

The valid name for Scotophilus Meinert, 1870 is Meinertia Bollman, 1893

Scotophilus 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. 40.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae ("Dignathodontinae")

Original rank: genus

Type species: Scotophilus bicarinata Meinert, 1870 - by subsequent designation

Fixed by: Bollman C.H. (1893). Notes on the synonymy of Myriapoda - Bulletin of the United States National Museum , 46: 136-143, see p. 75.

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bollman C.H. (1893). Notes on the synonymy of Myriapoda - Bulletin of the United States National Museum , 46: 136-143, see p. 167.