| Sepedonophilus perforatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Sepedonophilus |
| Species: | S. perforatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sepedonophilus perforatus (Haase, 1887) | |
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Sepedonophilus perforatus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.
Description
The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 50 mm in length with 79 pairs of legs.
Distribution
The species occurs in eastern Queensland. The type locality is Gayndah.
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.
References
- ^ Haase, E (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1–118 .
- ^ 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). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Attems, Carl (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher (in German). 18: 155–302 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Species Sepedonophilus perforatus (Haase, 1887)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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| Sepedonophilus perforatus | |
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