Geophilus insculptus

Geophilus insculptus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Geophilus
Species:	G. insculptus
Binomial name
Geophilus insculptus (Attems, 1895)

Geophilus insculptus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found across temperate Europe, especially Britain and Ireland. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Etymology

The name comes from Latin 'insculptus', meaning 'engraved'. ^[5]

Biology

Geophilus insculptus is a long (up to 40 mm (1.6 in)) earth centipede or wire worm and is pale yellow in colour with a darker head. It has between 45 and 53 pairs of legs. In the upper layer of the soil, under stones etc. Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

References

1. "Geophilus insculptus - Detail - Biodiversity Maps". maps.biodiversityireland.ie.
2. "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
3. "Geophilus impressus C.L. Koch, 1847 | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". www.bmig.org.uk.
4. "Taxonomy browser (Geophilus insculptus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
5. "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org.