Geophilus brevicornis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found on the continental United States, ranging from New Orleans to Galveston and south Illinois.[1] It's deep orange and grows up to 50 millimeters (2 inches) long,[2] with a robust, almost cylindrical body, 55 or 57 leg pairs, a relatively small cephalic segment, generally smooth scuta (sclerotised plates on the anterior (front) dorsal (upper) surface, just behind the head) with distinct scuto-spiscutal sutures, and mandibles each with a single rather large tooth (sometimes two).[3][4]
| Geophilus brevicornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. brevicornis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus brevicornis Wood, 1862
| |
Related species
editGeophila brevicornis is a junior homonym of G. brevicornis C.L. Koch, 1837 (now Stenotaenia linearis). G. brevicornis was at first thought to be a male of G. laevis (now Geophilus vittatus), but upon closer examination they differed in the size of the cephalic segment and length of antennae (both relatively smaller in G. brevicornis), as well as the punctations of the head, number of segments, and robustness of body.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Geophilus brevicornis Wood, 1862". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b Wood, Horatio C. (1865). "The Myriopoda of North America". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 13: 137–248. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2820. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Wood, Horatio C. (1862). "On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: 5–52. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1585. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Williams, S.R (1916). Millipedes and centipedes of Ohio. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
 | This myriapoda-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |