| Sepedonophilus perforatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Sepedonophilus |
| Species: | S. perforatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepedonophilus perforatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sepedonophilus perforatus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase. [1] [2]
The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 50 mm in length with 79 pairs of legs. [3]
The species occurs in eastern Queensland. The type locality is Gayndah. [2] [4]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [4]
Scolopendra is a species-rich genus of large tropical centipedes of the family Scolopendridae.
Scolopendra hardwickei, the Indian tiger centipede, is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae.
Geophilus is a large, heterogeneous genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae largely considered to be synonymous with Brachygeophilus. It is a mostly holarctic genus characterized by a claw-shaped ultimate pretarsus, anterior porefields, complete or nearly complete coxo-pleural sutures at the prosternum, and incomplete chitin-lines. Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 8 cm in length. The generic name first appeared in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia in 1814 as Geophilus electricus.
Ethmostigmus is a genus of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae found in Africa, Asia, and Oceania that is characterised by its large, rounded spiracles.
Cryptops megalopora is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is native to Australia and New Zealand and was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.
Rhysida carinulata is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is found in Australia and New Guinea, and was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.
Scolopendra laeta, also known as the striped centipede, royal blue centipede or purple centipede for its varied patterning and colouration, is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.
Sepedonophilus is a genus of three species of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1909. Centipedes in this genus range from about 2 cm to 5 cm in length and have 49 to 79 pairs of legs. The smallest species in this genus, Sepedonophilus hodites, measures only 18 mm in length and has only 49 leg pairs, the minimum number recorded in this genus, whereas the largest species, S. perforatus, measures 50 mm in length and has 79 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in this genus.
Sepedonophilus attemsii is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.
Geomerinus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann in 1912. Its sole species is Geomerinus curtipes, originally described as Geophilus curtipes by Erich Haase in 1887. It is endemic to Australia.
Steneurytion morbosus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was first described in 1877 by New Zealand naturalist Frederick Hutton. Authorities would later deem Pachymeroides alter, Zelanion paucipes, and Zelanion similis to be junior synonyms. Some authorities do not include this species in the genus Steneurytion.
Australiophilus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Zelanophilidae. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1925.
Mecistocephalus is a genus of centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. It was described by British entomologist George Newport in 1843.
Paralamyctes is a genus of centipedes in the family Henicopidae. It was described by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.
Australiophilus ferrugineus is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1877 by New Zealand biologist Frederick Hutton. Since then, authorities have recognized two junior synonyms, deeming Geophilus huttoni a synonym in 1936 and Geophilus polyporus a synonym in 2014.
Paralamyctes insularis is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.
Mecistocephalus porosus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase. Haase described a specimen measuring 41 mm in length and deemed it to be a representative of a subspecies of M. tahitiensis. Some others have considered this centipede to be synonymous with M. tahitiensis.
Otostigmus multidens is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.
Mecistocephalus gigas is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase. This species has 51 pairs of legs and can reach 105 mm in length.
Otostigminae is a large subfamily of centipedes, containing nearly half of all species in the family Scolopendridae. Members of this subfamily are abundant and widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, mostly in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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