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.

Mexiconyx Chamberlin, 1922

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1922). A new schendyloid chilopod from Mexico - Psyche, 29: 9-10, see p. 9.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Schendylidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Mesoschendyla hidalgoensis Chamberlin, 1922 - by original designation

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:

• Mexiconyx hidalgoensis (Chamberlin, 1922)

Notes: Crabill 1961 - Entomological News 72 (3): 72 suggested that Mexiconyx Chamberlin, 1922 might be a synonym of Holitys Cook, 1899, but this synonymy has not been formalized.