Geophilus armatus Silvestri,1895



The valid name for Geophilus armatus Silvestri,1895 is Plateurytion tenebrosus (Meinert, 1886)

Geophilus armatus Silvestri,1895

Original description: Silvestri F. (1895). Chilopodi e diplopodi raccolti dal Capitano G. Bove e dal Prof. L. Balzan nell'America Meridionale - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 34: 764-769, see p. 769.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: Argentina: Resistencia

Synonymy: Pereira L.A. (2008). On the identity of Geophilus armatus Silvestri, 1895, a junior synonym of Plateurytion tenebrosus (Meinert, 1886), and other Neotropical members of the genus Plateurytion Attems, 1909, including Plateurytion mauryi n. sp. from the Andes of Argentina (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) - International Journal of Myriapodology, 1 (1): 55–96, see p. 80.