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 Polygonarea porosa Verhoeff, 1937 is Polygonarea africana (Dobroruka, 1960)

Polygonarea porosa Verhoeff, 1937

Original description: Verhoeff K.W. (1937). South African Geophilomorpha (Myriopoda) - Annals of the South African Museum , 32: 95-116, see p. 111.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Polygonarea Attems, 1909

Type locality: Grahamstown and Hermanus

Synonymy: Dobroruka L.J. (1960). Nomina nova einiger Arten der Gattung Polygonarea Attems 1909 (Chilopoda-Myriapoda) - Zoologischer Anzeiger , 165: 400-403, see p. 401.