Sepedonophilus hodites

Sepedonophilus hodites
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]}

Description

The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 18 mm in length with 49 pairs of legs. ^[1]

Distribution

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]}

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. ^[3]

References

1. Chamberlin, RV (1940). "Diagnosis of ten new chilopods with a new genus of Sogonidae and a key to the species of Lophobius". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 16 (2): 49–56 [55].
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 26 February 2023.
3. "Species Sepedonophilus hodites Chamberlin, 1940". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2023.