Acanthogeophilus dentifer
Acanthogeophilus dentifer is the type species of the genus Acanthogeophilus[1] found in the Italian peninsula.[2][3] The original description of this species is based on an adult male specimen measuring 24 mm in length with 67 pairs of legs.[4] This species is characterized by an absence of anterior tubercles on a forcipular coxosternum, smooth internal margin of forcipular tarsungulum, presence of basal tubercle on forcipular tarsungulum, and transversally elongate sternal pores on the posterior area.
| Acanthogeophilus dentifer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Acanthogeophilus |
| Species: | A. dentifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthogeophilus dentifer Minelli, 1982 | |
References
- Bonato, Lucio (2016-09-21). "An unusually elongate endogeic centipede from Sardinia (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 231: 4. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.231. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- "ITIS - Report: Acanthogeophilus dentifer". itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- "Acanthogeophilus dentifer Minelli, 1982". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- Minelli, Alessandro (1981). "Un nuovo chilopodo italiano Acanthogeophilus dentifer, n.g. n.sp. (Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona (in Italian). 8: 235–240.
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