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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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found across temperate Europe, especially Britain and Ireland.[1][2][3][4]
Etymology
The name comes from Latin 'insculptus', meaning 'engraved'.[5]
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.
- ↑ "Geophilus impressus C.L. Koch, 1847 | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". https://www.bmig.org.uk/species/geophilus-alpinus.
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Geophilus insculptus)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=173287.
- ↑ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". https://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/keyDetail.aspx?keyWord=insculpatus.
Wikidata ☰ Q6508084 entry
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