| Maoriella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Maoriella Attems, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| Maoriella aucklandica Attems, 1903 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Maoriella is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1903.[1][2] Species in this genus are found in New Zealand, Australia, and Tahiti.[3]
Description
Centipedes in this genus range from about 3 cm to 9 cm in length and have 41 to 91 pairs of legs.[3] The large species Maoriella aucklandica can reach 90 mm in length and can have as many as 91 leg pairs, the maximum number in this genus.[4] The small species M. zelanica measures 28 mm in length[5] and can have as few as 41 leg pairs, the minimum number in this genus.[6]
Species
There are six valid species:[2]
- Maoriella aucklandica Attems, 1903
- Maoriella australis Archey, 1936
- Maoriella ecdema Crabill, 1964
- Maoriella edentata (Attems, 1947)
- Maoriella macrostigma Attems, 1903
- Maoriella zelanica (Chamberlin, 1920)
References
- 1 2 Attems, C (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 18: 155–302 [283].
- 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 19 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 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) - ↑ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 279. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
- ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 64: 1-269 [48-49] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Crabill, R.E. (1964). "A preliminary review of Maoriella with description of a new species from the Chatham Islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Chilenophilidae)". Entomological News. 75 (4): 85-97 [89, 93] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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