Geomerinus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann in 1912.[1] Its sole species is Geomerinus curtipes, originally described as Geophilus curtipes by Erich Haase in 1887.[3] It is endemic to Australia.[1][4]
| Geomerinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geomerinus Brolemann, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Geophilus curtipes | |
Description
editThis species features an elongate head and elongate forcipules, very small claws on the second maxillae, and no sternal pores; the ultimate leg-bearing segment has a narrow metasternite, scattered coxal pores, and legs with a single tarsal article.[5] The original description of this species by Haase is based on a female specimen measuring 45 mm in length with 71 pairs of legs.[3] The description by Brolemann is based on a larger female specimen measuring 67 mm in length, also with 71 leg pairs.[1]
Distribution
editThe species occurs in north-eastern coastal Queensland and south-eastern coastal New South Wales.[6]
Behaviour
editThe centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Brolemann, HW (1912). "The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part I. Chilopoda". Records of the Australian Museum. 9: 37–75 [65]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1912.923.
- ^ Haase, E (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1–118 [109].
- ^ a b Haase, Erich (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden (in German). 1 (5): 1-118 [109] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ 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 23 February 2023.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
- ^ a b "Species Geomerinus curtipes (Haase, 1887)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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