Geophilus alzonis explained

Geophilus alzonis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found in Monte Alzo near Tolosa in Spain, which it was named after.[2] It's a poorly defined species[3] [4] that was described as being light yellow with a light chestnut brown head and 13–14 mm long, with small but numerous leg bristles, sternites bearing three longitudinal furrows, a carpophagus formation from segments 3–6 to segments 11th-13, and 37-51 leg pairs.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geophilus alzonis Attems, 1952 . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . 14 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Geophilus alzonis Attems, 1952 . ChiloBase 2.0 . 14 December 2021.
  3. Bonato . Lucio . Minelli . Alessandro . Lopresti . Massimo . Pierfilippo Cerretti . Pierfilippo . Supplementary File 1 . ChiloKey, an interactive identification tool for the geophilomorph centipedes of Europe (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha) . 2014 . 1–8 . 14 December 2021.
  4. Bonato . Lucio . Minelli . Alessandro . Geophilomorph centipedes in the Mediterranean region: revisiting taxonomy opens new evolutionary vistas . Soil Organisms . 2009 . 81 . 3 . 489–503 . 14 December 2021.
  5. Attems . C. . Myriopoden der Forschungsreise Dr. H. Franz in Spanien 1951 nebst Übersicht über die gesamte iberische Myriopodenfauna . Eos . 1952 . 28 . 323–366 . 20 July 2022.

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