| Geomerinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geomerinus Brolemann, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Geophilus curtipes | |
Geomerinus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann in 1912. Its sole species is Geomerinus curtipes, originally described as Geophilus curtipes by Erich Haase in 1887. It is endemic to Australia. [1][3]
Description
The original description of this species is based on a single female with 71 pairs of legs.[1] This species ranges from 5 cm to 7 cm in length.[4]
Distribution
The species occurs in north-eastern coastal Queensland and south-eastern coastal New South Wales.[5]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 Brolemann, HW (1912). "The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part I. Chilopoda". Records of the Australian Museum. 9: 37–75 [65]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1912.923.
- ↑ Haase, E (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1–118 [109].
- ↑ 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 23 February 2023.
- ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - 1 2 "Species Geomerinus curtipes (Haase, 1887)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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