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.

Pentorya Cook, 1896

Original description: Cook O.F. (1896). The genera of Oryidae - Brandtia, 33-34, see p. 34.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Oryidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Pentorya afra Cook,1896

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Crabill R.E. jr. (1968). A new oryid genus and species from Africa with generic key and notes on evolution within the family Oryidae (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) - Entomological News, 79: 248-253, see p. 253.

Valid Species:

• Pentorya afra Cook, 1896
• Pentorya indica Silvestri, 1919