Zelanophilus provocator

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Zelanophilus provocator
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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) [1]
Synonyms
  • Australiophilus microtrichusAttems, 1947
  • Zelanophilus wheeleriChamberlin, 1920

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]

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References

  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].
  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 & Museum. 2 (1): 43-70 [51] via Biodiversity Heritage Library.