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.

Arcophilus Chamberlin, 1943

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1943). On Mexican centipeds - Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series , 7: 1-55, see p. 10.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Himantariidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Arcophilus toltecus Chamberlin,1943 - by original designation

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Crabill R.E. jr. (1959). A synonymical list of American Himantariidae with a generic key and description of a new genus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Himantariidae) - Entomological News, 70: 117-126, 153-159, see p. 153.

Valid Species:

• Arcophilus gracillimus (Verhoeff K.W., 1938)
• Arcophilus toltecus Chamberlin, 1943