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.

The valid name for Geophagus Attems, 1897 is Sogophagus Chamberlin, 1912

Geophagus Attems, 1897

Original description: Attems C. (1897). Myriopoden - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft , 23: 473-536, see p. 475.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Gonibregmatidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Geophagus serangodes Attems, 1897 - by monotypy

Synonymy: Attems C. (1897). Myriopoden - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft , 23: 473-536, see p. 475.

Notes: Preoccupied by Geophagus Heckel, 1840, Pisces, and by Geophagus Keller, 1887, Vermes. Replaced by Sogophagus Chamberlin, 1912.