Lamnonyx Cook, 1896


The valid name for Lamnonyx Cook, 1896 is Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843

Lamnonyx Cook, 1896

Original description: Cook O.F. (1896). On Geophilus attenuatus Say of the class Chilopoda - Proceedings of the United States National Museum , 18: 59-62, see p. 61.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Mecistocephalidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Lamnonyx leonensis Cook, 1896 - by original designation

Synonymy: Pocock R.I. (1899). Report on the centipedes and millipedes obtained by Dr. A. Willey in the Loyalty Islands New Britain and elsewhere. In: Willey A. (ed.), Zoological Results based on material from New Britain New Guinea Loyalty Isles and elsewhere - University Press, Cambridge, 1: 59-74, see p. 63.