Oabius (Nyctobius) Chamberlin, 1916


Nyctobius Chamberlin, 1916 [subgenus of Oabius Chamberlin, 1913].

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1916). The lithobiid genera Oabius, Kiberbius, Paobius, Arebius, Nothembius and Tigobius - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 57: 115-201, see p. 121, 123..

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Oabius decipiens Chamberlin, 1916 - 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. 24.

Synonym(s):

Synonymy: Attems C. (1926). Chilopoda. In: Kükenthal W. & Krumbach Th. (eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie - De Gruyter, Berlin und Leipzig , 4(1): 239-402, see p. 382, 384.

Valid Species:

Notes: No description but named in key. Syn. of Lithobius (Monotarsobius) Verhoeff, 1905 according to Attems (1938 - Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle, n.s., 6: 344)