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.

Morunguis Chamberlin, 1943

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1943). On Mexican centipeds - Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series , 7: 1-55, see p. 15.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Schendylidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Morunguis morelus Chamberlin,1943 - by original designation

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Hoffman R.L., Pereira L.A. (1991). Systematic and biogeography of Marsikomerus Attems 1938 a misunderstood genus of centipedes (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) - Insecta Mundi, 5: 45-60, see p. 45.

Valid Species:

• Morunguis morelus Chamberlin, 1943

Notes: According to Hoffman & Pereira 1991 Insecta Mundi 5(1): 45), Morunguis Chamberlin, 1943 is possibly a junior synonym of Marsikomerus Attems, 1938.