Tasmanophilus spenceri
Tasmanophilus spenceri is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1901 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. The species epithet spenceri honours British-Australian evolutionary biologist Baldwin Spencer.[1][2]
| Tasmanophilus spenceri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Zelanophilidae |
| Genus: | Tasmanophilus |
| Species: | T. spenceri |
| Binomial name | |
| Tasmanophilus spenceri | |
Description
This species can reach 23 mm in length, and both males and females have 39 pairs of legs.[3][4]
Distribution
The species occurs in the South Island. The type locality is The Bluff, near Invercargill in the Southland Region.[2]
References
- Pocock, RI (1901). "The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian Continent". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (8): 451–463 [462].
- 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 21 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Crabill, R.E. (1962). "Concerning Chilopod Types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I (Chilopoda : Geophilomorpha : Scolopendromorpha)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (56): 505–510.
- Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2 (1): 43–70 [47]. ISSN 0067-0464 – via JSTOR.
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