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Geophilus erzurumensis

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Species of centipede

Geophilus erzurumensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species: G. erzurumensis
Binomial name
Geophilus erzurumensis
(Chamberlin, 1952)

Geophilus erzurumensis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found only in Erzurum, Turkey, which it is named after.

Taxonomy

G. erzurumensis was originally placed in the genus Brachygeophilus based on its lack of sternal pores. It may be a synonym of Pachymerium ferrugineum, along with Geophilus orientis, G. eudontus, and G. elazigus.

References

  1. "Geophilus erzurumensis (Chamberlin,1952)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. Bonato, Lucio; Zapparoli, Marzio; Minelli, Alessandro (2008). "Morphology, taxonomy and distribution of Diphyonyx gen. n., a lineage of geophilid centipedes with unusually shaped claws (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 105 (2): 343-354 . doi:10.14411/eje.2008.041. hdl:11577/2452453.
  3. Zapparoli, Marzio (1999). "The present knowledge of the centipede fauna of Anatolia (Chilopoda)". Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography. 20: 105-177 . doi:10.21426/B6110130. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Geophilus easoni
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