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Geophilus winnetui
Scientific 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

Geophilus winnetui is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Iowa. 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.

References

1. ^ 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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