Geophilus latro Meinert, 1870



The valid name for Geophilus latro Meinert, 1870 is Arenophilus bipuncticeps (Wood, 1862)

Geophilus latro Meinert, 1870

Original description: Meinert F. (1870). Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile - Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, (3)7: 1-128, see p. 79.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: "Beloxi i Nordamerika, ved Kyste Østen for New-Orleans" [Biloxi, near New-Orleans]

Synonymy: Chamberlin R.V. (1912). The Geophiloidea of the Southeastern States - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 54: 405-436, see p. 408.

Notes: The synonymy was firstly stated by Chamberlin (1912 - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, 54: 408; 1912 - The Canadian Entomologist, 44: 66).