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.

Mayobius Chamberlin, 1943

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1943). On Mexican centipeds - Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series , 7: 1-55, see p. 28.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Mayobius atliacanus Chamberlin,1943 - by original designation

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Chamberlin R.V. (1944). Chilopods in the collections of Field Museum of Natural History - Field Museum Natural History Publications. Zoological Series, 28: 175-216, see p. 202.

Valid Species:

• Mayobius atliacanus Chamberlin, 1943
• Mayobius chichimecus Chamberlin, 1943
• Mayobius mandeli Chamberlin, 1944
• Mayobius riofrionus Chamberlin, 1943
• Mayobius schmidti Chamberlin, 1944
• Mayobius tajumulcensis Chamberlin, 1944
• Mayobius victoriae Chamberlin, 1945

Notes: the first appearance of the name was in Chamberlin's (1943 - Bulletin of the University of Utah (Biological Series, 7, 3), 33 (6): 28) key; the name was validated in Chamberlin (1944 - Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 28: 202) by a short generic diagnosis and fixation of the type species, according to Jeekel (2005 - Myriapod memoranda, supplement 1: 22)