Maoriella

Maoriella is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1903.[1][2] Species in this genus are found in New Zealand, Australia, and Tahiti.[3]

Maoriella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Maoriella
Attems, 1903[1]
Type species
Maoriella aucklandica
Attems, 1903
Synonyms
  • Mesoleptodon Chamberlin, 1920
  • Novaralius Attems, 1947
  • Philogeonus Chamberlin, 1920

Description

Centipedes in this genus range from 3 cm to 9 cm in length and have 41 to 91 pairs of legs.[3]

Species

There are six valid species:[2]

References

  1. Attems, C (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 18: 155–302 [283].
  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 19 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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