| Zelanophilidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Suborder: | Adesmata |
| Superfamily: | Geophiloidea |
| Family: | Zelanophilidae Bonato, Drago and Murienne, 2014 |
Zelanophilidae is a family of centipedes belonging to the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Geophiloidea. Centipedes in this family are found in the Australasian region. This family includes seven species distributed among three genera.
Description
These centipedes feature a slightly elongated head, elongated antennae that gradually taper, a clypeus with many setae on the anterior part, a labral posterior margin fringed with slender projections, a mandible with a single pectinate lamella, glandular pores present on the trunk metasternites in both sexes, many scattered pores on most sides of the coxopleura, and slender ultimate legs with claws. The female gonopods are separate and bi-articulate. The number of legs vary within as well as among species.
The smallest species in this family, Tasmanophilus spenceri, measures only 23 mm in length and has only 39 pairs of legs, the minimum number recorded in this family. The largest species in this family, Australiophilus ferrugineus, can reach 120 mm in length and can have as many as 109 leg pairs. The species Australiophilus longissimus can reach 72 mm in length and can have as many as 117 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in this family.
Genera
This family includes the following genera:
- Australiophilus Verhoeff, 1925
- Tasmanophilus Chamberlin, 1920
- Zelanophilus Chamberlin, 1920
References
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Drago, Leandro; Murienne, Jerome (2014). "Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence". Cladistics. The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 30 (5): 485–507. doi:10.1111/cla.12060. PMID 34794246. S2CID 86204188.
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Zelanophilidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.
- ^ 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.
- Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 212. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Zelanophilidae | |