Biology:Geophilus insculptus
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Short description: Species of soil centipede
| Geophilus insculptus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. insculptus
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus insculptus (Attems, 1895)
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Geophilus insculptus was once considered a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found across temperate Europe, especially Britain and Ireland.[1][2][3] The name G. insculptus was deemed to be a junior synonym of G. alpinus,[4][5] which in turn was deemed to be a junior synonym of G. impressus.[6][7]
Etymology
The name comes from Latin 'insculptus', meaning 'engraved'.[8]
Biology
Geophilus insculptus is a long (up to 40 mm (1.6 in)) earth centipede or wire worm and is pale yellow in colour with a darker head. It has between 45 and 53 pairs of legs. In the upper layer of the soil, under stones etc. Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
References
- ↑ "Geophilus insculptus - Detail - Biodiversity Maps". https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/54/Species/15822.
- ↑ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species-names-result.jsp?pageSize=10&relationOp=2&typeForm=0&showGroup=true&showOrder=true&showFamily=true&showScientificName=true&showVernacularNames=false&showValidName=true&searchSynonyms=true&sort=2&ascendency=0&scientificName=Geophilus+insculptus.
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Geophilus insculptus)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=173287.
- ↑ Bonato, L.; Chagas Junior, A.; Edgecombe, G.D.; Lewis, J.G.E.; Minelli, A.; Pereira, L.A.; Shelley, R.M.; Stoev, P. et al. (2016). "Geophilus insculptus Attems, 1895". https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3522.
- ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2014-03-03). "Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Europe: a revised list of species, with taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes" (in en). Zootaxa 3770 (1): 1–136 [31]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3770.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3770.1.1.
- ↑ "Opinion 2450 (Case 3673) – Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): specific name not conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 77 (1): 55. 2020-04-30. doi:10.21805/bzn.v77.a016. ISSN 0007-5167. https://bioone.org/journals/the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/volume-77/issue-1/bzn.v77.a016/Opinion-2450-Case-3673--Geophilus-alpinus-Meinert-1870-Chilopoda/10.21805/bzn.v77.a016.full.
- ↑ "Geophilus impressus | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". https://bmig.org.uk/species/geophilus-impressus-(=insculptus).
- ↑ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". https://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/keyDetail.aspx?keyWord=insculpatus.
Wikidata ☰ Q6508084 entry
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