Naming
Originally described as Cermatia Guildingii by Newport in 1845 (pg.356), later known as Pselliodes guildingii (Newport, 1845), currently valid as Sphendononema guildingii.The genus Sphendononema had been erected by Verhoeff in 1904, but this species and many others have been classified in the genus Pselliodes Chamberlin, 1921 in many publications until Würmli (2005) in his "Revision der afrikanischen Pselliodiden" recognized that the genus Pselliodes had to be seen as a junior synonym of Verhoeff's genus Sphendononema. Genus names now synonymized with Sphendononema are: Brasilophora Bücherl, 1939; Lassothereua Verhoeff, 1944; Pselliodes Chamberlin, 1921; Pselliophora Verhoeff, 1904.
Distribution
Originally described from St. Vincent Island, the species is widely distributed from Central America and the West Indies (north to Mexico an Cuba/Haiti) and south to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. A very questionable record exists for California (in Verhoeff, 1925)References:
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Verhoeff, Karl W. (1904) Über Gattungen der Spinnenasseln (Scutigeriden). - Sitz.-Ber. Ges. nat. Freunde Berlin 1904. pp.245-285.Würmli, Marcus (2005) Revision der afrikanischen Pselliodiden (Chilopoda: Scutigerida: Pselliodidae) - Schubartiana, no. 1, pp.3-8.
Newport G. (1845). Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, vol.19, pp.265-302 & 349-439.
