Geophilus insculptus
Species of soil centipede
| Geophilus insculptus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. insculptus |
| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus insculptus (Attems, 1895) | |
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". maps.biodiversityireland.ie.
- ^ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
- ^ "Geophilus impressus C.L. Koch, 1847 | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". www.bmig.org.uk.
- ^ "Taxonomy browser (Geophilus insculptus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
- ^ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org.
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