Orphnaeus atopus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] The original description of this species is based on two reddish yellow female specimens and reports a length of 51 mm and 71 pairs of legs.[1][3] Some have deemed O. atopus to be a junior synonym of O. brevilabiatus.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Oryidae |
| Genus: | Orphnaeus |
| Species: | O. atopus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orphnaeus atopus (Chamberlin, 1920)[1]
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Distribution
editThe species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Levuka, on the island of Ovalau.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [32].
- ^ a b 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 3 April 2023.
- ^ a b Crabill, R.E. (1961). "On the true nature of the Azygethidae (Chilopda: Geophilomorpha)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 67 (3): 76-78 [77] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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