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.

The valid name for Pauroptyx Chamberlin, 1920 is Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Pauroptyx Chamberlin, 1920

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1920). On chilopods of the family Mecistocephalidae - Canadian Entomologist , 52: 184-189, see p. 188.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Pauroptyx himalayanus Chamberlin,1920 - by original designation

Synonymy: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2004). The centipede genus Mecistocephalus Newport 1843 in the Indian Peninsula (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae) - Tropical Zoology, 17: 15-63, see p. 20.