Schendylops peruanus (Turk,1955)



Schendylops peruanus (Turk,1955)

Original description: Turk F.A. (1955). The chilopods of Peru with descriptions of new species and some zoogeographical notes on the Peruvian chilopod fauna - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 125: 469-504, see p. 479.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Schendylidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Schendylurus Silvestri, 1907

Type locality: Huamaco, Peru; recte ‘Huanuco’ (Kraus 1957: 361)

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Pereira L.A., Minelli A. (1993). On two species of Schendylurus Silvestri 1907 from Venezuela with redesciption of S. colombianus Chamberlin 1921 and S. virgingordae Crabill 1960 (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Scendylidae) - Tropical Zoology (Special Issue), 1: 105-123, see p. 122.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Peru