Steneurytion morbosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Steneurytion
Species:
S. morbosus
Binomial name
Steneurytion morbosus
(Hutton, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Himantarium morbosum Hutton, 1877
  • Sepedonophilus morbosus (Hutton, 1877
  • Pachymeroides alter Chamberlin, 1920
  • Zelanion (Zelanoides) similis Chamberlin, 1920
  • Zelanion (Zelanoides) paucipes Chamberlin, 1920

Steneurytion morbosus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was first described in 1877 by New Zealand naturalist Frederick Hutton.[1][2]

Description

The original description of this species is based on a pale reddish yellow specimen measuring 1.85 inches in length.[1] This species has 39 to 41 segments.[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in Victoria, south-eastern Australia, as well as in New Zealand.[2][4]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hutton, FW (1877). "Descriptions of new species of New-Zealand Myriopoda". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (4): 114–117 [115] [109]. doi:10.1080/00222937708682205.
  2. 1 2 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. Retrieved 26 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Record of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43-70 [57] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. 1 2 "Species Sepedonophilus morbosus (Hutton, 1877)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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