Selista Rafinesque, 1820


The valid name for Selista Rafinesque, 1820 is Scutigera Lamarck, 1801

Selista Rafinesque, 1820

Original description: Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Annals of nature, or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants etc. discovered in North America. First annual number for 1820 - Lexington, pp. 20, see p. 7.

Order: Scutigeromorpha

Family: Scutigeridae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Selista forceps Rafinesque, 1820 - by original designation

Synonymy: Wood H.C.jr. (1862). On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , (2)5(1): 5-52, see p. 9.