Pleurogeophilus turkensis Chamberlin, 1952



Pleurogeophilus turkensis Chamberlin, 1952

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1952). On the Chilopoda from Turkey - Istanbul Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Mecmuasi, Revue de la Faculté de Sciences de l'Université d'Istanbul, 17B: 183-258, see p. 204.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Pleurogeophilus Verhoeff, 1901

Type locality: Honoz dagi (near Denizli)

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Chamberlin R.V. (1952). On the Chilopoda from Turkey - Istanbul Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Mecmuasi, Revue de la Faculté de Sciences de l'Université d'Istanbul, 17B: 183-258, see p. 204.

Distribution:

-- within Asia-Temperate: Turkey

Notes: Possibly a junior synonym of Pleurogeophilus mediterraneus (Meinert, 1870) according to Zapparoli (1999 - Biogeographia, 20: 135).