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.

Cheiletha Chamberlin, 1946

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1946). On the chilopods of Alaska - Annals of the Entomological Society of America , 39: 177-189, see p. 182.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Cheiletha alaska Chamberlin,1946 - by original designation

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Shinohara K. (1999). Chilopoda. In: Aoki J. (ed.) Pictorial keys to soil animals of Japan - Tokay University Press, Tokyo, 693-709, see p. 708.

Valid Species:

• Cheiletha alaska Chamberlin, 1946
• Cheiletha kincaidi Chamberlin, 1955
• Cheiletha phoenix Chamberlin, 1955
• Cheiletha trichochila (Takakuwa, 1936)