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.

Pycnona Chamberlin, 1943

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1943). On Mexican centipeds - Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series , 7: 1-55, see p. 18.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Pycnona pujola Chamberlin,1943 - by original designation

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Chamberlin R.V. (1943). On Mexican centipeds - Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series , 7: 1-55, see p. 18.

Valid Species:

• Pycnona pujola Chamberlin, 1943
• Pycnona vera Chamberlin, 1943

Notes: Considered a junior synonym of Garrina Chamberlin, 1915 by Crabill (1968 - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 70 (4): 331), but actually different from this latter genus according to the original description.