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.

The valid name for Geophilus (Aporophilus) Attems, 1903 is Geophilus Leach, 1814

Aporophilus Attems, 1903 [subgenus of Geophilus Leach, 1814].

Original description: Browning E., Hyatt K.H. (1957). Scorpiones, Uropygi, Araneae, Opiliones and scolopendromorph Chilopoda fron Rennel Islands - Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. , 2: 71-81, see p. 261..

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Geophilus grantii Pocock, 1891 - by subsequent designation

Fixed by: Jeekel C.A.W. (2005). Myriapod memoranda. Supplement 1. Nomeclator generum et familiarum Chilopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the class Chilopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. - Ulvenhout, 1-130, see p. 69.

Synonymy: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2014). Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Europe: a revised list of species with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes - Zootaxa, 3770: 1-136, see p. 73.