Geophilus huronicus Meinert, 1886



The valid name for Geophilus huronicus Meinert, 1886 is Arenophilus bipuncticeps (Wood, 1862)

Geophilus huronicus Meinert, 1886

Original description: Meinert F. (1886). Myriapoda Musei Cantabrigiensis. Part I. Chilopoda - Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society , 23: 161-233, see p. 220.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: Massachusetts; N. Engl.

Synonymy: Crabill R.E. jr. (1951). On the true identity of Geophilus huronicus Meinert and the presence of Geophilus longicornis Leach in North America (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) - Canadian Entomologist, 83: 314-315, see p. 314.

Notes: As the original type material included specimens belonging to two species, a lectotype has been designated by ***