Gonibregmatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Gonibregmatidae
Genus: Gonibregmatus
Newport, 1843[1]
Type species
Gonibregmatus cumingii
Newport, 1843

Gonibregmatus is a genus of centipedes in the family Gonibregmatidae. It was described by British entomologist George Newport in 1843.[1][2]

Description

This genus ranges in length from about 10 cm to 15 cm and has 99 to 191 pairs of legs.[3] The small species Gonibregmatus olivaceus (with males 97 mm long and females 110 mm long) can have as few as 99 leg pairs (males with 99 to 103 pairs, females with 113 pairs), the minimum number in this genus.[4] The smallest species, G. insularis, reaches only 97 mm in length, whereas the largest species, G. fijianus, can reach 150 mm in length.[5] The species G. plurimipes can have as many as 191 leg pairs, the maximum number found in the class Chilopoda.[6]

Species

There are six valid species:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Newport, G (1843). "On some new genera of the class Myriapoda". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10 (1842): 177–181 [180].
  2. 1 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 1 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Attems, C. (1930). "Myriopoden der Kleinen Sunda‐Inseln, gesammelt von der Expedition Dr. Rensch". Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin) (in German). 16 (1): 117–184 [170]. doi:10.1002/mmnz.19300160103. ISSN 0373-8493 – via Wiley Online Library.
  5. ↑ Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 336. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
  6. ↑ Fusco, Giuseppe (2005). "Trunk segment numbers and sequential segmentation in myriapods". Evolution & Development. 7 (6): 608–617. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2005.05064.x. ISSN 1525-142X. PMID 16336414. S2CID 21401688.
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