Diplochora rubelliana (Chamberlin,1904)



Diplochora rubelliana (Chamberlin,1904)

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1904). New chilopods - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56: 651-657, see p. 656.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae ("Linotaeniinae")

Original rank: species

Original genus: Linotaenia C.L. Koch, 1847

Type locality: Pacific Grove and Palo Alto, California

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 52: 1-388, see p. 227.

Notes: Possibly a junior synonym of Diplochora laevipes (Wood, 1862) (Chamberlin, 1912 - Pomona Journal of Entomology, 4: 659). Considered a junior synonym of Strigamia parviceps Wood, 1862 by Chamberlin (1954 - Entomological News, 65: 119; 1963 - Entomological News, 74: 90), but actually different from this latter species according to the original description.