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.

Achilophilus Attems, 1926

Original description: Attems C. (1926). Chilopoda. In: Kükenthal W. & Krumbach Th. (eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie - De Gruyter, Berlin und Leipzig , 4(1): 239-402, see p. 363.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Achilophilus monoporus Attems,1928 - by monotypy

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1929). Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 52: 1-388, see p. 277.

Valid Species:

• Achilophilus monoporus Attems, 1928
• Achilophilus pachypus Verhoeff, 1937

Notes: Type species designated by subsequent monotypy in Attems, 1928 - Annals of the South African Museum, 26, 153