Sepedonophilus hodites | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Sepedonophilus |
Species: | S. hodites |
Binomial name | |
Sepedonophilus hodites (Chamberlin, 1940) [1] | |
Sepedonophilus hodites is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1940 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. [1] [2]
The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 18 mm in length with 49 pairs of legs. [1]
The species occurs in most Australian states. It has also been recorded in Hawaii as an adventive species, though is probably not established there. [3] [2]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [3]
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