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.

Afrotaenia Chamberlin, 1951

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1951). On Chilopoda collected in North-East Angola by Dr. A. de Barros Machado - Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 10(3): 95-111, see p. 101.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Schendylidae ("Ballophilinae")

Original rank: genus

Type species: Afrotaenia machadoi Chamberlin,1951 - by original designation

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Crabill R.E. jr. (1961). A new appraisal of Afrotaenia (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Schendylidae) - Senckenbergiana Biologica , 42: 501-505, see p. 502.

Valid Species:

• Afrotaenia machadoi Chamberlin, 1951