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.

Marsikomerus Attems, 1938

Original description: Attems C. (1938). Myriopoden von Hawaii - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 108B: 365-387, see p. 371.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Schendylidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Marsikomerus pacificus Attems,1938 - by monotypy

Synonym(s):

• Lanonyx Chamberlin, 1953
• Simoporus Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1940

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Hoffman R.L., Pereira L.A. (1991). Systematic and biogeography of Marsikomerus Attems 1938 a misunderstood genus of centipedes (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) - Insecta Mundi, 5: 45-60, see p. 45.

Valid Species:

• Marsikomerus arcanus (Crabill, 1961)
• Marsikomerus bryanus (Chamberlin, 1926)
• Marsikomerus koestneri (Chamberlin, 1940)
• Marsikomerus texanus (Chamberlin, 1940)

Notes: According to Hoffman & Pereira 1991 - Insecta Mundi 5: 45, Marsikomerus Attems, 1938 is possibly a junior synonym of Mexiconyx Chamberlin, 1922.