Biology:Endoptelus
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Short description: Genus of centipedes
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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].
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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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