Maoriella macrostigma

Maoriella macrostigma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Maoriella
Species:	M. macrostigma
Binomial name
Maoriella macrostigma Attems, 1903 [1]
Synonyms
Mesoleptodon laetusChamberlin, 1920

Maoriella macrostigma is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1903 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The original description of this species is based on female specimens ranging from 48 mm to 55 mm in length with 63 or 65 pairs of legs, ^[1] but this species can have as few as 55 segments, and specimens with 61 segments are common. ^[3]

Distribution

The species occurs on the North Island. ^[2]

References

1. Attems, C (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 18: 155–302 [284].
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 23 March 2023.
3. Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 2: 43–70. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42905967. Wikidata   Q58676585.