Geophilus Leach, 1814
Geophilus Leach, 1814
Original description: Leach W.E. (1814). Crustaceology, in D. Brewster (ed.) The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia - Blackwood, Edinburgh, 7(2): 383-437, see p. 409.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Original rank: genus
Type species: Scolopendra electricus Linnaeus, 1758 - by monotypy
Synonym(s):
- Arthronomalus Newport, 1844
- Brachygeophilus Brölemann, 1909
- Esthiomenus Gistel, 1847
- Homalarthrus Agassiz, 1846
- Orinomus Attems, 1895
- Orinophilus Cook, 1896
- Phosphora Leach, 1814
- Soniphilus Chamberlin, 1912
- Tabiphilus Chamberlin, 1912
- Geophilus (Anadenophilus) Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus (Bothrogeophilus) Verhoeff, 1925
- Geophilus (Cyphonychius) Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus (Necrophloeophagus) Newport, 1843
- Mycotheres (Nemopleura) Rafinesque, 1820
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Crabill R.E. jr. (1954). A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae) - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 56: 172-188, see p. 173.
Valid Species:
- Geophilus admarinus (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Geophilus aenariensis Verhoeff, 1942
- Geophilus aetnensis Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus alaskanus Cook, 1904
- Geophilus algarum Brölemann, 1909
- Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870
- Geophilus alzonis Attems, 1952
- Geophilus ampyx Crabill, 1954
- Geophilus angustatus Eschscholtz, 1823
- Geophilus anonyx (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Geophilus arenarius Meinert, 1870
- Geophilus atopodon Chamberlin, 1903
- Geophilus aztecus Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
- Geophilus becki Chamberlin, 1951
- Geophilus bipartitus Takakuwa, 1937
- Geophilus bluncki Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus bobolianus Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus bosniensis Verhoeff, 1895
- Geophilus brevicornis Wood, 1862
- Geophilus brunneus McNeill, 1887
- Geophilus carpophagus Leach, 1815
- Geophilus caucasicus Sseliwanoff, 1884
- Geophilus cayugae Chamberlin, 1904
- Geophilus chalandei Brölemann, 1909
- Geophilus challengeri Pocock, 1891
- Geophilus claremontus Chamberlin, 1909
- Geophilus compactus (Attems, 1934)
- Geophilus crenulatus Silvestri, 1936
- Geophilus delotus (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Geophilus dentatus (Takakuwa, 1936)
- Geophilus duponti Silvestri, 1897
- Geophilus easoni Arthur, Foddai, Kettle, Lewis, Luczynski & Minelli, 2001
- Geophilus elazigus Chamberlin, 1952
- Geophilus electricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Geophilus embius (Chamberlin, 1912)
- Geophilus erzurumensis (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Geophilus eudontus (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778)
- Geophilus fossularum Verhoeff, 1943
- Geophilus fossuliferus Kaarsh, 1884
- Geophilus foveatus (McNeill, 1887)
- Geophilus frigidanus Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus fruitanus Chamberlin, 1928
- Geophilus fucorum Brölemann, 1909
- Geophilus gavoyi Chalande, 1910
- Geophilus geronimo (Chamberlin, 1912)
- Geophilus gigas Attems, 1951
- Geophilus glaber Bollman, 1887
- Geophilus glyptus Chamberlin, 1902
- Geophilus guanophilus Verhoeff, 1939
- Geophilus hadesi Stoev, Akkari, Komerički, Edgecombe & Bonato, 2015
- Geophilus honozus (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Geophilus ibericus (Attems, 1952)
- Geophilus indianae McNeill, 1887
- Geophilus infossulatus Attems, 1901
- Geophilus intermissus Silvestri, 1935
- Geophilus joyeuxi Léger & Duboscq, 1903
- Geophilus judaicus Verhoeff, 1934
- Geophilus kobelti Attems, 1903
- Geophilus koreanus (Takakuwa, 1936)
- Geophilus labrofissus Verhoeff, 1938
- Geophilus lanius Brölemann, 1896
- Geophilus leionyx (Chamberlin, 1938)
- Geophilus lemuricus Verhoeff, 1939
- Geophilus longicapillatus Takakuwa, 1937
- Geophilus madeirae Latzel, 1895
- Geophilus marginatus (Lucas, 1849)
- Geophilus minimus Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus monoporus Takakuwa, 1934
- Geophilus mordax Meinert, 1886
- Geophilus multiporus Miyosi, 1955
- Geophilus mundus (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Geophilus mustiquensis Pocock, 1893
- Geophilus nanus Attems, 1952
- Geophilus nasintus Chamberlin, 1909
- Geophilus nealotus Chamberlin, 1902
- Geophilus nesiotes Attems, 1903
- Geophilus nicolanus Chamberlin, 1940
- Geophilus occidentalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Geophilus okolonae Bollman, 1888
- Geophilus oligopus (Attems, 1895)
- Geophilus orae Verhoeff, 1943
- Geophilus oregonus (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Geophilus orientalis Sseliwanoff, 1881
- Geophilus orientis (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Geophilus osquidatum Brölemann, 1909
- Geophilus oweni Bollman, 1887
- Geophilus parki (Auerbach, 1954)
- Geophilus pauciporus (Machado, 1952)
- Geophilus pellekanus Attems, 1903
- Geophilus persephones Foddai & Minelli, 1999
- Geophilus phanus Chamberlin, 1943
- Geophilus piae Minelli, 1983
- Geophilus piedus Chamberlin, 1930
- Geophilus pinivagus Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus polyporus (Takakuwa, 1942)
- Geophilus procerus C.L. Koch, 1878
- Geophilus promontorii Verhoeff, 1928
- Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847
- Geophilus punicus Silvestri, 1896
- Geophilus pusillifrater Verhoeff, 1898
- Geophilus pusillus Meinert, 1870
- Geophilus pygmaeus Latzel, 1880
- Geophilus pyrenaicus Chalande, 1909
- Geophilus readae Jones, 2001
- Geophilus regnans Chamberlin, 1904
- Geophilus rex (Chamberlin, 1912)
- Geophilus rhomboideus Takakuwa, 1937
- Geophilus ribauti Brölemann, 1908
- Geophilus richardi Brölemann, 1904
- Geophilus ridleyi Pocock, 1890
- Geophilus rouncei Jones, 2001
- Geophilus secundus (Chamberlin, 1912)
- Geophilus serbicus Stojanović, Mitić, Antić, 2019
- Geophilus setiger Bollman, 1887
- Geophilus seurati Brolemann, 1924
- Geophilus shoshoneus Chamberlin, 1925
- Geophilus sibiricus Stuxberg, 1876
- Geophilus silesiacus Haase, 1881
- Geophilus simoporus (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Geophilus smithi Bollman, 1889
- Geophilus sounkyoensis Takakuwa, 1937
- Geophilus strictus Latzel, 1880
- Geophilus strigosus (McNeill, 1887)
- Geophilus studeri Rothenbühler, 1899
- Geophilus tampophor (Chamberlin, 1953)
- Geophilus tenellus L. Koch, 1882
- Geophilus tenuiculus C.L. Koch, 1878
- Geophilus terranovae Palmén, 1954
- Geophilus transitus (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Geophilus trichopus Muralewicz, 1926
- Geophilus truncorum Bergsøe & Meinert, 1866
- Geophilus ungviculatus Daday, 1889
- Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887
- Geophilus venezuelae Silvestri, 1897
- Geophilus vinciguerrae Silvestri, 1895
- Geophilus virginiensis Bollman, 1889
- Geophilus vittatus (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Geophilus winnetui Attems, 1947
- Geophilus yavapainus (Chamberlin, 1941)
