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Recommended citation:
Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

Plateurytion metopias (Attems,1903)

Original description: Attems C. (1903). Synopsis der Geophiliden - Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, 18: 155-302, see p. 246.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality: Corral, Chile

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Pereira L.A., Minelli A. (2007). Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the centipede genera Chomatobius, Ityphilus, Hapleurytion, Plateurytion, and Steneurytion (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) - Zootaxa, 1485: 1-12, see p. 6.