Plateurytion lethifer (Crabill,1968)



Plateurytion lethifer (Crabill,1968)

Original description: Crabill R.E. jr. (1968). Revised allocation of Meinert species with proposal of a new species of Eurytion (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Chilenophilidae) - Psyche, 75: 228-232, see p. 231.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Eurytion Attems, 1903

Type locality: "Cuzco, Urubamba" (Peru)

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Pereira L.A. (2008). On the identity of Geophilus armatus Silvestri, 1895, a junior synonym of Plateurytion tenebrosus (Meinert, 1886), and other Neotropical members of the genus Plateurytion Attems, 1909, including Plateurytion mauryi n. sp. from the Andes of Argentina (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) - International Journal of Myriapodology, 1 (1): 55–96, see p. 70.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Peru