Geophilus insculptus
| Geophilus insculptus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. insculptus
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus insculptus (Attems, 1895)
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Geophilus insculptus was once considered a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found across temperate Europe, especially Britain and Ireland.[1][2][3] The name G. insculptus was deemed to be a junior synonym of G. alpinus,[4][5] which in turn was deemed to be a junior synonym of G. impressus.[6][7]
Etymology
The name comes from Latin 'insculptus', meaning 'engraved'.[8]
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
- ^ "Geophilus insculptus - Detail - Biodiversity Maps". maps.biodiversityireland.ie.
- ^ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
- ^ "Taxonomy browser (Geophilus insculptus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
- ^ 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). "Geophilus insculptus Attems, 1895". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2014-03-03). "Chilopoda Geophilomorpha of Europe: a revised list of species, with taxonomic and nomenclatorial notes". Zootaxa. 3770 (1): 1–136 [31]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3770.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ "Opinion 2450 (Case 3673) – Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870 (Chilopoda): specific name not conserved". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 77 (1): 55. 2020-04-30. doi:10.21805/bzn.v77.a016. ISSN 0007-5167.
- ^ "Geophilus impressus | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org.