Steneurytion dux is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] This species can reach 44 mm in length and has 49 to 53 pairs of legs.[3]
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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: | Steneurytion |
| Species: | S. dux
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| Steneurytion dux (Chamberlin, 1920)[1]
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Distribution
editThe species occurs in New Zealand. Type localities are Plimmerton and Day's Bay, Wellington.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [39].
- ^ 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 17 April 2023.
- ^ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.
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