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Geophilus labrofissus

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Geophilus labrofissus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. labrofissus
Binomial name
Geophilus labrofissus
(Verhoeff, 1938)

Geophilus labrofissus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found on the Balkan Peninsula. It's a poorly defined species of uncertain identity[2] that was first described in Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.[3] The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 26 mm in length with 59 pairs of legs.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "ITIS - Report: Geophilus labrofissus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2009). "Geophilomorph centipedes in the Mediterranean region: revisiting taxonomy opens new evolutionary vistas". Soil Organisms. 81 (3): 489–503 – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ "Geophilus labrofissus Verhoeff, 1938". ChiloBase 2.0.
  4. ^ Verhoeff, Karl W. (1938). "Chilopoden-Studien zur Kenntnis der Epimorphen". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik (in German). 71: 339-388 [346-348].
  5. ^ Attems, C. (1947). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50– 149 [112].