ChiloBase 2.0

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.

The valid name for Tasmaniophilus nichollsii Verhoeff, 1937 is Tasmanophilus opinatus (Newport, 1845)

Tasmaniophilus nichollsii Verhoeff, 1937

Original description: Verhoeff K.W. (1937). Über einige Chilopoden aus Australien und Brasilien - Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, 70: 1-16, see p. 2.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Zelanophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Tasmaniophilus Verhoeff, 1937

Type locality: Mt. Wellington auf Tasmania (Tasmania)

Synonymy: Chamberlin R.V. (1962). Chilopods secured by the Royal Society Expedition to Southern Chile in 1958-59 - University of Utah Biological Series , 12(4): 1-23, see p. 510.