Geophilus whitei Newport,1845



The valid name for Geophilus whitei Newport,1845 is Orphnaeus brasilianus (Humbert & Saussure, 1870)

Geophilus whitei Newport,1845

Original description: Newport G. (1845). Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19: 265-302, 349-439, see p. 436.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Oryidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814

Type locality:

Synonymy: Crabill R.E. jr. (1962). Concerning chilopod types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Scolopendromorpha - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13(5): 505-510, see p. 507.