Geophilus brevicornis Wood, 1862



Geophilus brevicornis Wood, 1862

Original description: Wood H.C.jr. (1862). On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , (2)5(1): 5-52, see p. 45.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: from Orleans to Galveston; S. Illinois

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Wood H.C.jr. (1865). The Myriopoda of North America - Transactions of the American Philosophical Society , (n.s)13: 137-248, see p. 179.

Notes: Junior homonym of Geophilus brevicornis C.L. Koch, 1837.