Geophilus cephalicus Wood, 1862
The valid name for Geophilus cephalicus Wood, 1862 is Geophilus vittatus (Rafinesque, 1820)
Geophilus cephalicus 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. 44.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814
Type locality: Cumberland, Md.
Synonymy: Crabill R.E. jr. (1954). A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae) - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 56: 172-188, see p. 177.
