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Polycricus

Myriapoda - Geophilomorpha - Geophilidae

Taxonomy
Polycricus was named by Saussure and Humbert (1872). It is extant.

It was assigned to Geophilidae by Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Polycricus Saussure and Humbert
2018Polycricus Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 644

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
—Pleurostigmophora
—Phylactrometria
—EpimorphaHaase 1880
orderGeophilomorpha
—Adesmata
familyGeophilidaeLeach 1815
genusPolycricusSaussure and Humbert 1872

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Polycricus Saussure and Humbert 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available