Geomerinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Geomerinus Brolemann, 1912 [1] |
Type species | |
Geophilus curtipes |
Geomerinus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann in 1912. [1] Its sole species is Geomerinus curtipes, originally described as Geophilus curtipes by Erich Haase in 1887. [3] It is endemic to Australia. [1] [4]
This species features an elongate head and elongate forcipules, very small claws on the second maxillae, and no sternal pores; the ultimate leg-bearing segment has a narrow metasternite, scattered coxal pores, and legs with a single tarsal article. [5] The original description of this species by Haase is based on a female specimen measuring 45 mm in length with 71 pairs of legs. [3] The description by Brolemann is based on a larger female specimen measuring 67 mm in length, also with 71 leg pairs. [1]
The species occurs in north-eastern coastal Queensland and south-eastern coastal New South Wales. [6]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [6]
Erich Haase was a German physician and entomologist. He was Director of the Royal Siamese Museum in Bangkok. He died of dysentery.
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