Steneurytion antipodum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Steneurytion
Species:
S. antipodum
Binomial name
Steneurytion antipodum
(Pocock, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zelanion curtus Chamberlin,1920
  • Zelanion librius Chamberlin,1920
  • Pachymeroides mimeticus Chamberlin,1920
  • Philosogus oligus Chamberlin, 1920
  • Geophilus schauinslandi Attems,1903
  • Geophilus sitocola Attems,1903

Steneurytion antipodum is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2] This species has 37 to 41 segments, usually 39.[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in New Zealand. Type localities are Maungatua and Wellington.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6) 8: 215–227 [222].
  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 15 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2 (1): 43–70 [56]. ISSN 0067-0464 – via JSTOR.
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