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.

Geophilus occidentalis (Linnaeus,1758)

Original description: Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae. Editio Decima. - Holmiae, 1: 824 pp., see p. 639.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: "America"

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Gervais P. (1837). Études pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Myriapodes - Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris , (2)7: 35-60, see p. 53.

Notes: Uncertain identity. Uncertain genus.