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Species of soil centipede

Geophilus easoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species: G. easoni
Binomial name
Geophilus easoni
Arthur et al. 2001
Geophilus easoni

Geophilus easoni is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found throughout Britain and Ireland, though its range extends through western France to at least the foothills of the Pyrenees. Until 2001, it was considered synonymous with G. carpophagus, and most pre-2001 records probably refer to G. easoni. It's typically shorter than G. carpophagus (up to 40 mm), with fewer leg pairs (between 47 and 51), uniform tan/chestnut coloring, and a greater size and number of coxal pores, as well as a darkly pigmented mid-piece of the labrum which bears blunt teeth. Specimens in north-western Iberia typically have a wider range of leg pairs (between 47 and 55). It nests on the ground surface under stones and dead wood.

References

  1. Arthur, Wallace (2001). "Analysis of segment number and enzyme variation in a centipede reveals a cryptic species, Geophilus easoni sp. nov., and raises questions about speciation". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 74 (4): 489–499. doi:10.1006/bijl.2001.0601. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. Gregory, Steve (2015). "Geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorha) from north-west Spain and northern Portugal collected by the British Myriapod and Isopod Group in 2004". Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group. 28: 8–9. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. Arthur, Wallace (2002). "Ecological and Behavioural Characteristics of Geophilus Easoni Arthur et al. and G. Carpophagus Leach" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group. 18: 26–32. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. "Geophilus easoni Arthur et al., 2001". British Myriapod and Isopod Group. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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Geophilus easoni
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