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Genus of centipedes

Marshallopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Oryidae
Genus: Marshallopus
Verhoeff, 1937
Type species
Orphnaeus platypedatus
Takakuwa, 1934

Marshallopus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1937. The sole species is Marshallopus platypedatus (Takakuwa, 1934).

Description

Centipedes in this genus are melanised in patches, and their ultimate legs are basally swollen and distally flattened. These centipedes range from 2 cm to 3 cm in length and have about 69 pairs of legs.

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is the Marshall Islands.

References

  1. ^ Verhoeff, KW (1937). "Chilopoden aus Malacca nach den Objecten des Raffles Museum in Singapore". Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. 13: 198–270 .
  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 3 April 2023.
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
Taxon identifiers
Marshallopus
Marshallopus platypedatus


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