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Geophilus Leach, 1814

1317156 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1317156)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Myriapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Chilopoda (Class)
  6. Geophilomorpha (Order)
  7. Geophilidae (Family)
  8. Geophilus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Geophilidae Leach, 1815
Brachygeophilus Brölemann, 1909 · unaccepted (unassessed)
Esthiomenus Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted (unassessed)
Geophilus Koch, 1847 · unaccepted
Homalarthrus Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted (Unjustified (?) emendation (of...)  
Unjustified (?) emendation (of Arthronomalus)
Khroumiriophilus Attems in Gadeau de Kerville, 1908 · unaccepted (currently treated as subgenus)
Necrophloeophagus Newport, 1842 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Phosphora Leach, 1814 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Geophilus admarinus Chamberlin, 1952
  2. Species Geophilus algarum Brölemann, 1909
  3. Species Geophilus becki Chamberlin, 1951
  4. Species Geophilus carpophagus Leach, 1814
  5. Species Geophilus concolor Gervais, 1847
  6. Species Geophilus duponti Silvestri, 1897
  7. Species Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778)
  8. Species Geophilus fucorum Brölemann, 1900
  9. Species Geophilus gracilis Meinert, 1870
  10. Species Geophilus longicornis Leach, 1815
  11. Species Geophilus naxius Verhoeff, 1901
  12. Species Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847
  13. Species Geophilus pusillifrater Verhoeff, 1898
  14. Species Geophilus vittatus (Raffinesque, 1820)
  15. Species Geophilus antipoden Pocock, 1891 accepted as Sepedonophilus antipodus (Pocock, 1891)
  16. Species Geophilus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845 accepted as Orphnaeus brevilabiatus (Newport, 1845)
  17. Species Geophilus curtipes Haase, 1887 accepted as Geomerinus curtipes (Haase, 1887)
  18. Species Geophilus deducens Chamberlin, 1909 accepted as Geophilus vittatus (Raffinesque, 1820)
  19. Species Geophilus ferrugineum C.L. Koch, 1835 accepted as Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)
  20. Species Geophilus hartmeyeri Attems, 1911 accepted as Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock, 1891)
  21. Species Geophilus hartmeyeri Attems, 1914 accepted as Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1901)
  22. Species Geophilus laticeps Pocock, 1891 accepted as Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1901)
  23. Species Geophilus linearis C.L. Koch, 1835 accepted as Stenotaenia linearis (C.L. Koch, 1835)
  24. Species Geophilus maritimus Leach, 1817 accepted as Strigamia maritima (Leach, 1817)
  25. Species Geophilus nemorensis C.L. Koch, 1836 accepted as Schendyla nemorensis (C.L. Koch, 1837)
  26. Species Geophilus poseidonis Verhoeff, 1901 accepted as Tuoba poseidonis (Verhoeff, 1901)
  27. Species Geophilus rubens Say, 1821 accepted as Geophilus vittatus (Raffinesque, 1820)
  28. Species Geophilus schaunislandi Attems, 1903 accepted as Sepedonophilus antipodus (Pocock, 1891)
  29. Species Geophilus sitocola Attems, 1903 accepted as Sepedonophilus antipodus (Pocock, 1891)
  30. Species Geophilus submarinus Grube, 1872 accepted as Hydroschendyla submarina (Grube, 1872)
  31. Species Geophilus sydneyensis Pocock, 1891 accepted as Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock, 1891)
  32. Species Geophilus uliginosus von Porat, 1894 accepted as Tretechthus uliginosus (Porat, 1894)
  33. Species Geophilus xylophaga Attems, 1903 accepted as Tuoba xylophaga (Attems, 1903)
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Koch, C.L. (1847). Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands, III. Bändchen. System der Myriapoden mit den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Regensburg. 270 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105160
page(s): 85 [details] 
IRMNG (2025). Geophilus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1317156 on 2026-09-22
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original description Koch, C.L. (1847). Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands, III. Bändchen. System der Myriapoden mit den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Regensburg. 270 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105160
page(s): 85 [details] 

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family GBIF/Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Arthropod collection, Troms¯ Museum [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

habitat flag source Barber, A. D. (2009). Littoral myriapods: a review. <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 81(3): 735-760. [details] 

original description (of Homalarthrus Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details] 

original description (of Brachygeophilus Brölemann, 1909) Arch. Zool. exp. gén. Paris, (5) 3, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28430
page(s): 338 [details] 

original description (of Gophilus Brölemann, 1932) Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N., 28
page(s): 43 [details] 

original description (of Soniphilus Chamberlin, 1912) Canad. Ent., 44
page(s): 68 [details] 

original description (of Phosphora Leach, 1814) Edinb. Ency., 7
page(s): 436 [details] 

original description (of Esthiomenus Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller drei Reiche, fur Lehrer and Lernende, fur Schule und Haus. Abtheilung I. Thierreich. R. Hoffmann, Stuttgart. Pp. 1-626 [1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83234
page(s): 527 [details] 

original description (of Geophilus Koch, 1847) in Brewster's Edin. Ency., 7 (2)
page(s): 409 [details] 

original description (of Bothrogeophilus Verhoeff in Bronn, 1927) in Bronn, Klass. Ordn. Tierreichs, 5 (2)
page(s): 581 [details] 

original description (of Khroumiriophilus Attems in Gadeau de Kerville, 1908) in Gadeau de Kerville, Voy. Khroumirie
page(s): 107 [details] 

original description (of Anadenophilus Verhoeff, 1928) Mitt. Mus. Berlin, 14
page(s): 264 [details] 

original description (of Notadenophilus Verhoeff, 1928) Mitt. Mus. Berlin, 14, 268
page(s): 269 [details] 

original description (of Cyphonychius Verhoeff, 1928) Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 14
page(s): 231 [details] 

original description (of Tabiphilus Chamberlin, 1912) Pomona Coll. J. Ent., 4, 664
page(s): 665 [details] 

original description (of Arthronomalus Newport, 1844) Proc. Linn. Soc. London, 19
page(s): 193 [details] 

original description (of Necrophloeophagus Newport, 1842) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 10, 180 (also as Necrophaeophagus). [details] 

original description (of Necrophaeophagus Newport, 1843) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 10, 180 (as Necrophloeophagus; also as Necrophaeophagus) [details] 

original description (of Aporophilus Attems, 1903) Zool. Jahrb., Syst., 18
page(s): 217 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Includes littoral species, refer Barber, 2010 [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Soniphilus Chamberlin, 1912)
To BioNames database (from synonym Brachygeophilus Brölemann, 1909)
To BioNames database (from synonym Tabiphilus Chamberlin, 1912)
To BioNames database (from synonym Aporophilus Attems, 1903)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Aporophilus Attems, 1903)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Tabiphilus Chamberlin, 1912)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Brachygeophilus Brölemann, 1909)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Soniphilus Chamberlin, 1912)
To WoRMS (from synonym Necrophloeophagus Newport, 1842)
To WoRMS 
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