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 Esthiomenus Gistel, 1847 is Geophilus Leach, 1814

Esthiomenus Gistel, 1847

Original description: Gistel (1850). in: Gistel & Bromme, Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller drei Reiche - Stuttgart, 1037 pp., see p. 527.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Scolopendra flavus De Geer, 1778 - by monotypy

Synonymy: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2014). Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Europe: a revised list of species with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes - Zootaxa, 3770: 1-136, see p. 28.