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)

Last updated January 19, 2024

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]

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References

1 2 3 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].
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 26 February 2023.
1 2 "Species Sepedonophilus hodites Chamberlin, 1940". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

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[chamberlin1940-1] 1 2 3 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].

[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 26 February 2023.

[afd-3] 1 2 "Species Sepedonophilus hodites Chamberlin, 1940". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

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