Geophilus anonyx

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Geophilus anonyx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. anonyx
Binomial name
Geophilus anonyx
(Chamberlin, 1941)
Synonyms

Geophilus anonyx is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae [1] found in Oregon. [2] It was originally placed in the genus Brachygeophilus based on the lack of sternal pores, a character shared with the type species B. truncorum [3] (now Geophilus truncorum ), however it was later moved to Geophilus. [2]

Description

G. anonyx has 57 leg pairs and grows to a length of 24 millimeters. It's characterized by a prosternum lacking chitinous lines; dorsal plates distinctly bisulcate (cloven); spiracles all circular, last ventral plate narrow; coxal pores small, about a dozen on each side; anal pores present, distinct; and anal legs with tarsus biarticulate, without terminal claw. [4] Like G. tampophor , it differs from other western American geophilids by having prehensorial claws armed at the base, however unlike G. tampophor it possesses unarmed anal claws and a greater number of legs. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS - Report: Geophilus anonyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Geophilus anonyx (Chamberlin,1941)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro; Zapparoli, Marzio (2008). "Morphology, taxonomy and distribution of Diphyonyx gen. n., a lineage of geophilid centipedes with unusually shaped claws (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 105 (2): 343–354. doi: 10.14411/eje.2008.041 . hdl: 11577/2452453 . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1941). "New genera and species of north American geophiloid centipedes" . Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 34 (4): 773–790. doi:10.1093/aesa/34.4.773 . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1953). "Two New Oregon Chilopods of the Order Geophilida". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 60: 37–39. doi: 10.1155/1953/47646 .
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