Myriapods taxon details
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 639 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy The name Julus is now restricted to a genus in the Julidae (Diplopoda, Helminthomorpha, Julida). Linne (Linnaeus) used the genus Julus for species which we now place in widely different myriapod groups. The correct name for the species originally known as Julus lagurus is Polyxenus lagurus in the Polyxenidae (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Polyxenida)and for Julus araneoides it is Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae). [details]
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