Orygmadyla spelaea (Kraus,1957)



Orygmadyla spelaea (Kraus,1957)

Original description: Kraus O. (1957). Myriapoden aus Peru VI. Chilopoden - Senckenbergiana Biologica , 38: 359-404, see p. 364.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Schendylidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Schendylops Cook, 1899

Type locality: In der Höhle “Cueva de las lechuzas” bei Tingo Maria, Rio Huallaga, 670 m.

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Hoffman R.L., Pereira L.A. (1997). The identity and taxonomic status of the generic names Schendylops Cook, 1899, and Schendylurus Silvestri, 1907, and the proposal of Orygmadyla, a new related genus from Peru (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) - Myriapodologica, 5: 9-32, see p. 19.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Peru