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.

Orphnaeus validus Lawrence, 1953

Original description: Lawrence R.F. (1953). Zoological results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. V. Chilopoda (Myriopoda) - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 110: 409-423, see p. 420.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Oryidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Orphnaeus Meinert, 1870

Type locality: Kibakwe, Ugogo, Tanganyika Territory

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Lawrence R.F. (1953). Zoological results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. V. Chilopoda (Myriopoda) - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 110: 409-423, see p. 420.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Tanzania