Scotophilus Meinert, 1870


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.