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.

Ballophilus ramirezi Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 1997

Original description: Pereira L.A., Foddai D., Minelli A. (1997). First record of ballophilid centipede from Argentina with a description of Ballophilus ramirezi n. sp. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Ballophilidae). - Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 31: 170-178, see p. 172.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Schendylidae ("Ballophilinae")

Original rank: species

Original genus: Ballophilus Cook, 1896

Type locality: Argentina: Misiones: Parque National Iguazù

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Pereira L.A., Foddai D., Minelli A. (1997). First record of ballophilid centipede from Argentina with a description of Ballophilus ramirezi n. sp. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Ballophilidae). - Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 31: 170-178, see p. 172.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Misiones