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Geophilus pusillus

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Species of soil centipede
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Geophilus pusillus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species: G. pusillus
Binomial name
Geophilus pusillus
Meinert, 1870

Geophilus pusillus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Algeria. It grows up to 11 millimeters in length. The original description of this species is based on ten specimens: five male specimens from Algeria with 31 pairs of legs, and five specimens from Germany (four males with 33 leg pairs and one female with 35 leg pairs). Records from the Alpstein mountains indicate that G. pusillus is a soil-dwelling species (burrowing as deep as 30 cm) that prefers humus-rich soil, but these records deserve confirmation. Some authorities consider the specimens recorded from Europe to be specimens of G. ribauti that have been misidentified as specimens of the Algerian species G. pusillus.

References

  1. ^ "Geophilus pusillus Meinert, 1870". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro; Drago, Leandro; Pereira, Luis A. (2015). "The phylogenetic position of Dinogeophilus and a new evolutionary framework for the smallest epimorphic centipedes (Chilopoda: Epimorpha)". Contributions to Zoology. 84 (3): 237–253. doi:10.1163/18759866-08403004. hdl:11577/3146565. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. Meinert, F. (1870). "Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis: Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. (3)7: 1–128 .
  4. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2014-03-03). "Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Europe: a revised list of species, with taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes". Zootaxa. 3770 (1): 1-136 . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3770.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  5. Ambuhl, G.; Wartmann, Bernhard (1901–1902). "D. exkurisonsgebiet bergell". Jahrbuch der St. Gallischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für das Vereinsjahr. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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Taxon identifiers
Geophilus pusillifrater


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