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.

Philacroterium Attems, 1926

Original description: Attems C. (1926). Chilopoda. In: Kükenthal W. & Krumbach Th. (eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie - De Gruyter, Berlin und Leipzig , 4(1): 239-402, see p. 365.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae ("Aphilodontinae")

Original rank: genus

Type species: Philacroterium cribellatum Attems,1928 - by subsequent designation

Fixed by: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin , 52: 1-388, see p. 318.

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 52: 1-388, see p. 317.

Valid Species:

• Philacroterium cribellatum Attems, 1928

Notes: Considered a junior synonym of Aphilodon Silvestri, 1898 by Verhoeff (1937 - Annals of the South African Museum, 32: 96) and Lawrence (1955 - South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951, 2: 36).