Geophilus brevicornis C.L. Koch,1837



The valid name for Geophilus brevicornis C.L. Koch,1837 is Stenotaenia linearis (C.L. Koch, 1835)

Geophilus brevicornis C.L. Koch,1837

Original description: Koch C.L. (1837). Deutschlands Crustaceen Myriapoden und Arachniden. In: (Panzer) Herrich-Schaeffer's Deutschlands Insecten - Pustet, Regensburg , Heft 142, see p. 3.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: unknown; probably near Regensburg (Germany)

Synonymy: Koch C.L. (1847). System der Myriapoden. In: Herrich-Schäffer L. (ed.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfauna Deutschlands. - Pustet, Regensburg, 3:1-270, see p. 188.

Notes: The type locality was not given in the original description, but it is probably near Regensburg (C.L. Koch, 1837: "ʽIn hiesiger Gegend keine Seltenheit")