Geophilus aetnensis

Geophilus aetnensis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Europe and northern Asia, excluding China.[2] As described by Verhoeff in 1928, it grows up to 28 millimeters and has 53 leg pairs, 4 sensory setae each on the 2nd-4th front sternites, slightly notched maxillae, and very faint sternal pits on the thorax[3] as well as poorly developed sternal grooves.[4]

Geophilus aetnensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. aetnensis
Binomial name
Geophilus aetnensis
Verhoeff, 1928
Synonyms[1]
  • G. evisensis Verhoeff, 1943
  • G. henroti Manfredi, 1953
  • G. insculptus debilis Brolemann, 1930
  • G. aetnensis pollinensis Manfredi, 1957

Taxonomy

G. aetnensis is frequently mistaken with G. impressus and was found to be synonymous with its subspecies G. insculptus debilis.[5] Some consider G. gavoyi to be a synonym of G. aetnensis,[6] but this is not official.[7]

References
  1. "Geophilus aetnensis Verhoeff, 1928". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. "ITIS - Report: Geophilus aetnensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  3. Zoologisches Museum (Berlin, Germany) (1928). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, Volume 14 (in German). Kommission bei R. Friedländer, 1928. p. 239. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. Jeekel, C.A.W (1964). "Chilopoda from the Monte Sirente and the Gran Sasso d'Italia". Entomologische Berichten. 24 (1): 14–20. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2014). "Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Europe: a revised list of species, with taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes". Zootaxa. 3770: 1–136. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3770.1.1. PMID 24871280. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. Marzio, Zapparoli (2012). "The centipedes (Chilopoda) of Corsica: catalogue of species with faunistic, zoogeographical and ecological remarks". International Journal of Myriapodology. 7: 15–68. doi:10.3897/ijm.7.3110. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. "Geophilus Leach, 1814". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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