Leptophilus Chamberlin, 1915


The valid name for Leptophilus Chamberlin, 1915 is Piestophilus Cook, 1896

Leptophilus Chamberlin, 1915

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1915). New chilopods from Mexico and the West Indies - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 59: 493-541, see p. 528.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Leptophilus carribeanus Chamberlin, 1915 - by original designation

Synonymy: Crabill R.E. jr. (1962). Concerning chilopod types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Scolopendromorpha - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13(5): 505-510, see p. 508.