Ityphilus microcephalus

Ityphilus microcephalus is a species of centipede in the Ballophilidae family. It was described in 1909 by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann.[1][2] This species is yellow, can reach 47 mm in length, and can have as few as 67 pairs of legs (in males) or as many as 79 leg pairs (in females).[3]

Ityphilus microcephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Ballophilidae
Genus: Ityphilus
Species:
I. microcephalus
Binomial name
Ityphilus microcephalus
(Brolemann, 1909)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thalthybius microcephalus Attems, 1900

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Marche, Northern Mariana Islands.[2]

References
  1. Brölemann, HW (1909). "Quelques géophilides des collections du Muséum d'histoire naturelle". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. (1909): 415–432 [417].
  2. Bonato L., Chagas Junior A., Edgecombe G.D., Lewis J.G.E., Minelli A., Pereira L.A., Shelley R.M., Stoev P., Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 11 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 105. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
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