Geophilus nanus
Geophilus nanus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found on the Iberian Peninsula.[2] It's a poorly defined species[3] described as being pale yellow, 15 mm long, with smooth sternites bearing no furrows, final hip with few pores next to the sternite rim, tergites deeply double-furrowed from the basal shield onward, and 41 leg pairs. It’s apparently related to G. gracilis, differentiated by jaws that do not surpass the forehead or bear chitin lines, and by the 2nd tarsal segment of the final leg pair being just a tiny stub.[4]
| Geophilus nanus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. nanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus nanus (Attems, 1952) | |
References
- "ITIS - Report: Geophilus nanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- "Geophilus nanus Attems, 1952". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2009). "Geophilomorph centipedes in the Mediterranean region: revisiting taxonomy opens new evolutionary vistas". Soil Organisms. 81 (3): 489–503. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- Attems, C. (1952). "Myriopoden der Forschungsreise Dr. H. Franz in Spanien 1951 nebst Übersicht über die gesamte iberische Myriopodenfauna". Eos. 28: 323–366. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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