Eupolybothrus fasciatus

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Eupolybothrus fasciatus
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Eupolybothrus fasciatus from Italy. Museum specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Eupolybothrus
Species:
E. fasciatus
Binomial name
Eupolybothrus fasciatus
(Newport, 1845)
Synonyms

Lithobius fasciatusNewport, 1845

Eupolybothrus fasciatus is a species of centipedes in the family Lithobiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Description

Eupolybothrus fasciatus can reach a length of 22–32 millimetres (0.87–1.26 in). Antennae have 36 to 42 articles. [4] [6]

Distribution

Eupolybothrus fasciatus found din Italy, [2] [3] [5] France, and possibly the Balkans. [5]

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References

  1. "Eupolybothrus fasciatus (Newport, 1845)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) fasciatus Newport, 1845". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) fasciatus (Newport, 1845)". Fauna Europaea . 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) fasciatus Newport, 1845". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Stoev, Pavel; Akkari, Nesrine; Zapparoli, Marzio; Porco, David; Enghoff, Henrik; Edgecombe, Gregory; Georgiev, Teodor; Penev, Lyubomir (2010). "The centipede genus Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 1907 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) in North Africa, a cybertaxonomic revision, with a key to all species in the genus and the first use of DNA barcoding for the group". ZooKeys. 50: 29–77. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.504 . PMC   3088018 . PMID   21594115.
  6. J. G. E. Lewis (2007). The Biology of Centipedes.

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