NOMEN: Penicillata Latreille 1825 [P.A. Latreille. Familles naturelles du règne animal. – Paris, J.B. Baillière, 1825: 1-570]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Latreille 1825): Polyxenus (= Polyxene)
JUNIOR
CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Pselaphognatha
Latzel 1884
= Podochila Bollman
1893
= Schizocephala Verhoeff 1926
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Polyxenus/fg
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Pollyxenus (sensu Latreille 1802), Pollyxenites, Pollyxenidae, Pollyxenida, Polyxenidae, Polyxenida, Polyxenaria
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position of Penicillata:
| Diplopoda Penicillata Anguiformia |