Geophilus nanus explained

Geophilus nanus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found on the Iberian Peninsula.[2] It's a poorly defined species[3] described as being pale yellow, 15 mm long, with smooth sternites bearing no furrows, final hip with few pores next to the sternite rim, tergites deeply double-furrowed from the basal shield onward, and 41 leg pairs. It’s apparently related to G. gracilis, differentiated by jaws that do not surpass the forehead or bear chitin lines, and by the 2nd tarsal segment of the final leg pair being just a tiny stub.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Geophilus nanus . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . 15 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Geophilus nanus Attems, 1952 . ChiloBase 2.0 . 15 December 2021.
  3. Bonato . Lucio . Minelli . Alessandro . Geophilomorph centipedes in the Mediterranean region: revisiting taxonomy opens new evolutionary vistas . Soil Organisms . 2009 . 81 . 3 . 489–503 . 15 December 2021.
  4. 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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