Garriscaphus Chamberlin, 1941
Garriscaphus Chamberlin, 1941
Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1941). New genera and species of north American geophiloid centipedes - Annals of the Entomological Society of America , 34: 773-790, see p. 789.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Himantariidae
Original rank: genus
Type species: Garriscaphus oreines Chamberlin,1941 - by original designation
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Crabill R.E. jr. (1959). A synonymical list of American Himantariidae with a generic key and description of a new genus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Himantariidae) - Entomological News, 70: 117-126, 153-159, see p. 154.
Valid Species:
- Garriscaphus amplus Chamberlin, 1941
- Garriscaphus oreines Chamberlin, 1941
- Garriscaphus tytthus Crabill, 1969