Tasmanophilus opinatus

Tasmanophilus opinatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Zelanophilidae
Genus:	Tasmanophilus
Species:	T. opinatus
Binomial name
	Tasmanophilus opinatus; (Newport, 1845)
Synonyms
	Arthronomalus opinatus Newport, 1845; Tasmaniophilus nichollsii Verhoeff, 1937; Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920;

Tasmanophilus opinatus is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport.^[1]^[2]

Description

The original description of this species is based on two damaged syntypes missing their posterior ends.^[3] A description of another specimen reports a deep orange-yellow color, a length of 54 mm, and 69 pairs of legs.^[4]

Distribution

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia, in Victoria and Tasmania.^[5]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [433].
^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ Crabill, R.E. (1962). "Concerning Chilopod Types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I (Chilopoda : Geophilomorpha : Scolopendromorpha)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (56): 505-510 [509].
^ Pocock, R.I. (1901). "The Chilopoda or Centipedes of the Australian Continent". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (7) 8: 451-463 [461] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ ^a ^b "Species Tasmanophilus opinatus (Newport, 1845)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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[newport1845-1] Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [433].

[chilobase-2] Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

[3] Crabill, R.E. (1962). "Concerning Chilopod Types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I (Chilopoda : Geophilomorpha : Scolopendromorpha)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (56): 505-510 [509].

[4] Pocock, R.I. (1901). "The Chilopoda or Centipedes of the Australian Continent". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (7) 8: 451-463 [461] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[afd-5] "Species Tasmanophilus opinatus (Newport, 1845)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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