Queenslandophilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Queenslandophilus
Verhoeff, 1925[1]
Type species
Arctogeophilus sjoestedti
Verhoeff, 1925

Queenslandophilus is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1925.[2] Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 6 cm in length, have 37 to 75 pairs of legs, and are found in Australia, Japan, and North America.[3][4] The species Queenslandophilus macropalpus has only 37 leg pairs, the minimum number found in this genus, whereas Q. elongatus has 73 to 75 leg pairs, the maximum found in this genus.[5] The Japanese species Q. monoporus and Q. macropalpus are notable for their small sizes, measuring only 10 mm and 15 mm in length, respectively.[4][6]

Species

Valid species:[2]

  • Queenslandophilus elongatus (Verhoeff, 1938)
  • Queenslandophilus macropalpus (Takakuwa, 1936)
  • Queenslandophilus monoporus (Takakuwa, 1937)
  • Queenslandophilus sjoestedti (Verhoeff, 1925)
  • Queenslandophilus viridicans (Attems, 1927)

References

  1. ↑ Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17A (3): 1–62 [49].
  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 23 February 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.
  4. 1 2 Takakuwa, Yosioki (1937). "Über eine neue Queenslandophilus-Art aus Japan". Zoological Magazine (in German and Japanese). 49 (11): 388–390.
  5. ↑ Attems, C. (1944). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50–149 [145]. ISSN 0083-6133 – via JSTOR.
  6. ↑ Takakuwa, Yosioki (1935). "Über Japanische Queenslandophilus-Arten" (PDF). Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society (in German). 14 (2): 131–135.
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