Biology:Zelanophilus

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Short description: Genus of centipedes

Zelanophilus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Zelanophilidae
Genus: Zelanophilus
Chamberlin, 1920[1]
Type species
Zelanophilus wheeleri
Chamberlin, 1920

Zelanophilus is a genus of three species of centipedes, in the family Zelanophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.[2]

Description

Centipedes in this genus range from 4 cm to 7 cm in length, have 59 to 77 pairs of legs, and are found in Australia and New Zealand.[3]

Species

Valid species:[2]

  • Zelanophilus kapiti Archey, 1922
  • Zelanophilus pococki Crabill, 1963
  • Zelanophilus provocator (Pocock, 1891)

References

  1. Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 64 (1): 1–269 [50]. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_genres/430. 
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". in Minelli, Alessandro. The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812207443. 

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