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Acanthogeophilus dentifer

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Species of centipede

Acanthogeophilus dentifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Acanthogeophilus
Species: A. dentifer
Binomial name
Acanthogeophilus dentifer
Minelli, 1982

Acanthogeophilus dentifer is the type species of the genus Acanthogeophilus found in the Italian peninsula. The original description of this species is based on an adult male specimen measuring 24 mm in length with 67 pairs of legs. This species is characterized by an absence of anterior tubercles on a forcipular coxosternum, smooth internal margin of forcipular tarsungulum, presence of basal tubercle on forcipular tarsungulum, and transversally elongate sternal pores on the posterior area.

References

  1. Bonato, Lucio (2016-09-21). "An unusually elongate endogeic centipede from Sardinia (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (231): 4. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.231. hdl:11577/3189380. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. "ITIS - Report: Acanthogeophilus dentifer". itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. "Acanthogeophilus dentifer Minelli, 1982". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  4. Minelli, Alessandro (1981). "Un nuovo chilopodo italiano Acanthogeophilus dentifer, n.g. n.sp. (Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona (in Italian). 8: 235–240.
Taxon identifiers
Acanthogeophilus dentifer


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