Polygonarea (Nearia) Chamberlin, 1955


Nearia Chamberlin, 1955 [subgenus of Polygonarea Attems, 1909].

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1955). Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-49. 18. The Chilopoda of the Lund University and California Academy of Science Expeditions - Acta Universitatis Lundensis , N.S. Avd. 2 51(5): 1-61, see p. 16..

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Polygonarea phana Chamberlin, 1955 - by monotypy

Synonymy: Foddai D., Pereira L.A., Minelli A. (2000). A catalogue of the geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda) from Central and South America including Mexico - Amazoniana, 16: 59-185, see p. 90.