Orphnaeus guillemini (Gervais,1847)



Orphnaeus guillemini (Gervais,1847)

Original description: Gervais P. (1847). Myriapodes. In: Walckenaer C.A. de, Gervais F.L .P., Histoire naturelle des Insectes Aptères, Tome 4. - Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 1-57, 210-623, see p. 324.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Oryidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: Brazil

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Foddai D., Pereira L.A., Minelli A. (2000). A catalogue of the geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda) from Central and South America including Mexico - Amazoniana, 16: 59-185, see p. 108.

Notes: probably belongs to Oryidae. Chamberlin (1914 - Bull. Mus. comp. Zoöl. Harvard 58(3): 208) lists this species under O. brevilabiatus Newport, 1845). Its true identity, however, remains unrecognizable.