Lestophilus Chamberlin, 1915


The valid name for Lestophilus Chamberlin, 1915 is Polycricus Saussure & Humbert, 1872

Lestophilus 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. 522.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Lestophilus paucipes Chamberlin, 1915 - by original designation

Synonymy: Chamberlin R.V. (1943). On Mexican centipeds - Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series , 7: 1-55, see p. 24.