Biology:Geophilus varians
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Short description: Species of soil centipede
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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. varians
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887
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Geophilus varians is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in North America,[2] particularly from South Carolina to Indiana , Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.[3] It grows up to 40 millimeters, though it averages 30-35, ranges in color from light faded orange to yellow or whitish yellow with a deeper and brighter head,[4] and has 53-59 leg pairs in males and 55-61 in females, as well as a complete lack of consolidated paxilli and sacculi (sensory organs in the antennae of certain insects), concealed prebasal plate, and unusually long ultimate legs.[5]
References
- ↑ "Geophilus legiferens Chamberlin, 1909". https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3605.
- ↑ "Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1092652#null.
- ↑ Hoffman, Richard L. (1995). The Centipedes (Chilopoda) of Virginia: A First List (Number 5 ed.). Martinsville, Virginia: Banisteria - Virginia Museum of Natural History. pp. 4–5. https://virginianaturalhistorysociety.com/banisteria/pdf-files/ban5/Banisteria5_Hoffman_Centipeds%20of%20VA.pdf. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ↑ McNeill, Jerome (1887). "Description of twelve new species of Myriapod, chiefly from Indiana". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 10: 328-334. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7485448#page/342/mode/1up. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ↑ Crabill, Ralph E. (1954). "A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 56: 172–188. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16179236. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q6506343 entry
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