Geophilus winnetui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. winnetui
Binomial name
Geophilus winnetui
Attems, 1947[1]

Geophilus winnetui is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Iowa.[2][3] It grows up to 48 millimeters long and has 55–63 leg pairs, a well-developed labrum with the middle part having short, strong teeth, pushed backwards by median side parts that almost meet; maxilla with 2 pairs of somewhat blunt external palpi; coxal process not separated, with a number of strong bristles; and presternites undivided and so long that successive sternites are separated.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Attems, Carl (1947). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 55: 50–149. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. "Geophilus winnetui Attems, 1947". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. "Geophilus winnetui". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 January 2022.


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