Sepedonophilus Explained

Sepedonophilus is a genus of three species of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. This genus is endemic to Australia, and was first described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1909.^[1] Centipedes in this genus feature scattered coxal pores and have no sternal pores; the lateral parts of the labrum almost touch medially, and the intermediate part is inconspicuous; the coxosternite of the second maxillae have peculiar anterior projections. These centipedes range from about 2 cm to 5 cm in length and have 49 to 79 pairs of legs.^[2] The smallest species in this genus, Sepedonophilus hodites, measures only 18 mm in length and has only 49 leg pairs,^[3] the minimum number recorded in this genus, whereas the largest species, S. perforatus, measures 50 mm in length and has 79 leg pairs,^[4] the maximum number recorded in this genus.

Species

Valid species:^[1]

• Sepedonophilus attemsii (Verhoeff, 1925)
• Sepedonophilus hodites Chamberlin, 1940
• Sepedonophilus perforatus (Haase, 1887)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . ChiloBase 2.0 . A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) . Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. 21 February 2023.
2. Book: Bonato . Lucio . The Myriapoda. Volume 1 . Edgecombe . Gregory D. . Zapparoli . Marzio . Brill . 2011 . 978-90-04-18826-6 . Minelli . Alessandro . Leiden . 363–443 . Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview . 812207443.
3. Chamberlin . Ralph V. . 1940 . Diagnoses of ten new chilopods with a new genus of Sogonidae and a key to the species of Lophobius . Pan-Pacific Entomologist . 16 . 2 . 49-56 [55] . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
4. Attems . Carl . 1903 . Synopsis der Geophiliden . Zoologische Jahrbücher . German . 18 . 155–302 [252] . Biodiversity Heritage Library.