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Genus of centipedes

Tasmanophilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Zelanophilidae
Genus: Tasmanophilus
Chamberlin, 1920
Type species
Tasmanophilus tasmanianus
Chamberlin, 1920
Synonyms
  • Tasmaniophilus Verhoeff, 1937

Tasmanophilus is a genus of centipedes in the family Zelanophilidae. This genus was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920. Centipedes in this genus are found in Australia and New Zealand. This genus contains only two species.

Description

Centipedes in this genus feature short forcipules with denticles, a broad forcipular coxosternite, anterior trunk metasternites with an unusual medial depression and pores arranged into an anterior pair of groups and a posterior transverse band, and scattered coxal pores. The claws of the second maxillae have small filaments. The female gonopods are distinct and biarticulate. These centipedes range from about 2 cm to about 5 cm in length and have 39 to 69 pairs of legs.

Species

This genus includes two valid species:

References

  1. Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 .
  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). "Tasmanophilus Chamberlin, 1920". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ "ITIS - Report: Tasmanophilus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  4. Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 64 (1): 1–269 .
  5. ^ 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
Tasmanophilus


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