Geophilus insculptus

Geophilus insculptus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. insculptus
Binomial name
Geophilus insculptus
(Attems, 1895)

Geophilus insculptus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found across temperate Europe, especially Britain and Ireland.[1][2][3][4]

Etymology

The name comes from Latin 'insculptus', meaning 'engraved'.[5]

Biology

Geophilus insculptus is a long (up to 40 mm (1.6 in)) earth centipede or wire worm and is pale yellow in colour with a darker head. It has between 45 and 53 pairs of legs. In the upper layer of the soil, under stones etc. Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

References

  1. ^ "Geophilus insculptus - Detail - Biodiversity Maps". maps.biodiversityireland.ie.
  2. ^ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  3. ^ "Geophilus impressus C.L. Koch, 1847 | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". www.bmig.org.uk.
  4. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Geophilus insculptus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  5. ^ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org.


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