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 Scutigerides Silvestri, 1904 is Scutigerina Silvestri, 1904

Scutigerides Silvestri, 1904

Original description: Silvestri F. (1904). Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei chilopodi. I. Nuovi generi di Scutigeridae. II. Nuove specie di Paralamyctes - Redia, I: 253-258, see p. 253.

Order: Scutigeromorpha

Family: Scutigerinidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Scutigerides transvaalicus Silvestri, 1903 - by original designation

Synonymy: Lawrence R.F. (1955). Chilopoda. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951 - South African Animal Life, 2: 4-56, see p. 54.

Notes: Scutigerina and Scutigerides were published simultaneously at the same rank (Silvestri, 1903), and Lawrence (1955) as First Reviser selected Scutigerina as the valid name.