Zelanophilus provocator

Zelanophilus provocator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Zelanophilidae
Genus:	Zelanophilus
Species:	Z. provocator
Binomial name
	Zelanophilus provocator; (Pocock, 1891)
Synonyms
	Australiophilus microtrichusAttems, 1947; Zelanophilus wheeleriChamberlin, 1920;

Last updated April 13, 2025

Zelanophilus provocator is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.^[1]^[2] The original description of this species is based on two male specimens with 69 pairs of legs and reports a length of 59 mm,^[1] but other specimens indicate that this species can have from 67 to 77 pairs and that females can reach 75 mm in length.^[3]

Distribution

The type locality is Wellington.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (8): 215–227 [225].
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 21 March 2023.
↑ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.

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[pocock1891-1] 1 2 3 Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (8): 215–227 [225].

[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 21 March 2023.

[3] Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.

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