The European centipedes hitherto referred to Eurygeophilus, Mesogeophilus, and Chalandea (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha): taxonomy, distribution, and geographical variation in segment number

We have carried out a comprehensive revision of the European centipede species currently assigned to Eurygeophilus, Mesogeophilus, and Chalandea. This was based on comparative morphological study of specimens from throughout the range of the group and representative of the different nominal taxa, as well as a critical evaluation of all relevant literature. We consider this group to be represented by a single genus Eurygeophilus Verhoeff, 1899 [ = Geophilus (Mesogeophilus) Verhoeff, 1901, n. syn.;  = Chalandea Brolemann, 1909, n. syn.] including two morphologically clearly distinguished species, Eurygeophilus multistiliger (Verhoeff, 1899) [ = Eurygeophilus multistiliger velmanyensis Brolemann, 1926, n. syn.] and Eurygeophilus pinguis (Brolemann, 1898) [ = Geophilus (Mesogeophilus) baldensis Verhoeff, 1901, n. syn.;  = Chalandea cottiana Verhoeff, 1938;  = Chalandea cottiana var. castrensis Manfredi, 1948;  = Chalandea scheerpeltzi Attems, 1952, n. syn.]. On the basis of analysis of both published and new ...