Zelanophilus provocator

Zelanophilus provocator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Zelanophilidae
Genus:	Zelanophilus
Species:	Z. provocator
Binomial name
	Zelanophilus provocator; (Pocock, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
	Australiophilus microtrichus Attems, 1947; Zelanophilus wheeleri Chamberlin, 1920;

Zelanophilus provocator is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2] The original description of this species is based on two male specimens with 69 pairs of legs and reports a length of 59 mm,[1] but other specimens indicate that this species can have from 67 to 77 pairs and that females can reach 75 mm in length.[3]

Distribution

The type locality is Wellington.[2]

References

Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (8): 215–227 [225].
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)
Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute & Museum. 2 (1): 43-70 [51] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[pocock1891-1] Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (8): 215–227 [225].

[chilobase-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 21 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute & Museum. 2 (1): 43-70 [51] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.