Geophilus varians
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Scientific classification 
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| 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". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Hoffman, Richard L. (1995). The Centipedes (Chilopoda) of Virginia: A First List (PDF) (Number 5 ed.). Martinsville, Virginia: Banisteria - Virginia Museum of Natural History. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2022. 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. 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. Retrieved 6 November 2021 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.