Orphnaeus

Orphnaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Oryidae
Genus:	Orphnaeus ; Meinert, 1870
Type species
	Orphnaeus lividus; Meinert,1870
Synonyms
	AndenophilusVerhoeff, 1941; AzygethusChamberlin, 1920;

Last updated July 19, 2025

Orphnaeus is a genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. This genus was described by Danish entomologist Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert in 1870.^[1]^[2] Centipedes in this genus are found in tropical regions.^[3]

Description

Centipedes in this genus have short ultimate legs, range from 3 cm to 13 cm in length, and have 53 to 131 pairs of legs.^[3] The minimum number of legs in this genus (53 pairs) appears in the species Orphnaeus bevilabiatus ; the maximum number (131 pairs) appears in the species O. madegassus.^[4]

Species

There are 14 valid species:^[2]

Orphnaeus atopus (Chamberlin, 1920)
Orphnaeus bohlsi Attems, 1903
Orphnaeus brasilianus (Humbert & Saussure, 1870)
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus (Newport, 1845)
Orphnaeus fangaroka Saussure & Zehntner L., 1902
Orphnaeus guillemini (Gervais, 1847)
Orphnaeus heteropodus Lawrence, 1963
Orphnaeus maculatus Lawrence, 1960
Orphnaeus madegassus Lawrence, 1960
Orphnaeus meruinus Attems, 1909
Orphnaeus multipes Manfredi, 1939
Orphnaeus polypodus Silvestri, 1895
Orphnaeus porosus Verhoeff K. W., 1937
Orphnaeus validus Lawrence, 1953

References

1 2 Meinert, F (1870). "Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 3. 7: 1–128 [17].
1 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 4 March 2023.
1 2 Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
↑ Lawrence, R.F. (1960). "Myriapodes Chilopodes". Faune de Madagascar (in French). 12: 1–123 [28, 33] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[meinert1870-1] 1 2 Meinert, F (1870). "Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 3. 7: 1–128 [17].

[chilobase-2] 1 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 4 March 2023.

[:0-3] 1 2 Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.

[4] Lawrence, R.F. (1960). "Myriapodes Chilopodes". Faune de Madagascar (in French). 12: 1–123 [28, 33] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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Orphnaeus

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Description

Species

References