Biology:Endoptelus

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Short description: Genus of centipedes

Endoptelus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Oryidae
Genus: Endoptelus
Chamberlin, 1904[1]
Type species
Endoptelus papuicolens
Chamberlin, 1939

Endoptelus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. It was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. Its sole species is Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939.[1][2]

Description

The original description of this species reports yellow colouration throughout, a length of about 35 mm, and 79 pairs of legs.[1]

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Pionierbivak.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Verhoeff, CW (1939). "On a collection of chilopods from the East Indies". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series 5: 1–13 [7]. 
  2. "Endoptelus Chamberlin, 1939". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. 2016. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_genres/485. Retrieved 21 April 2023. 
  3. "Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. 2016. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3861. Retrieved 21 April 2023. 

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