Geophilus persephones explained

Geophilus persephones is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae discovered in 1999.[1] [2] This species is named after Persephone, the queen of the underworld in Greek mythology,[3] and found in caves in the Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin. It has elongated antennae and legs as well as abundant sensory setae,[4] and like other geophilomorhps it lacks sight, has a flattened trunk, and is well adapted to underground life. This species was the first troglomorphic geophilomorph ever discovered and one of the only two in existence along with Geophilus hadesi. Known from a single male specimen measuring 16.2 mm in length, G. persephones has only 29 pairs of legs, one of only two species in the Geophilidae family to feature so few leg pairs.[5] [6] [7]

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  1. Web site: Geophilus persephones (Foddai & Minelli, 1999) . . 25 April 2021.
  2. Web site: ITIS standard report - Geophilus persephones (Foddai and Minelli, 1999) . . 25 April 2021.
  3. News: Feltman . Rachel . Say hello to the centipede from hell . 25 April 2021 . . June 30, 2015 . The Washington Post - June 30, 2015 - Say hello to the centipede from hell.
  4. Foddai . Donatella . 2010-12-03 . A troglomorphic geophilomorph centipede from southern France (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) . Journal of Natural History . 33 . 2 . 267–287 . 10.1080/002229399300416 .
  5. Pereira . Luis Alberto . 2013-01-01 . Discovery of a second geophilomorph species (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) having twenty-seven leg-bearing segments, the lowest number recorded up to the present in the centipede order Geophilomorpha . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . en . 53 . 13 . 163–185 . 10.1590/S0031-10492013001300001 . 1807-0205. free . 11336/3449 . free .
  6. Stoev . Pavel . Akkari . Nesrine . Komericki . Ana . Edgecombe . Gregory . Bonato . Lucio . 2015-06-30 . At the end of the rope: Geophilus hadesi sp. n. – the world's deepest cave-dwelling centipede (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae) . ZooKeys . en . 510 . 95–114 . 10.3897/zookeys.510.9614 . 26257537 . 1313-2970. free . 4523767 .
  7. Bonato . Lucio . Minelli . Alessandro . Drago . Leandro . Pereira . Luis Alberto . 2015-09-25 . The phylogenetic position of Dinogeophilus and a new evolutionary framework for the smallest epimorphic centipedes (Chilopoda: Epimorpha) . Contributions to Zoology . 84 . 3 . 237–253 . 10.1163/18759866-08403004 . 1875-9866. free . 11577/3146565 . free .

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