Steneurytion morbosus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. This species was first described in 1877 by New Zealand naturalist Frederick Hutton.[1][2] Authorities would later deem Pachymeroides alter, Zelanion paucipes, and Zelanion similis to be junior synonyms.[3] Some authorities do not include this species in the genus Steneurytion.[4]
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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. morbosus
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| Steneurytion morbosus | |
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Description
editThe original description of this species notes a pale reddish yellow body with a reddish brown head and a length of 1.85 inches.[1] A more detailed description of the type material notes a female specimen with 39 pairs of legs and a maximum length of 43 mm.[5] A more recent description of the species based on a larger sample reports 39 to 41 segments.[3] The original descriptions of three junior synonyms, however, report 33, 37, and 39 pairs of legs.[6]
Distribution
editThe species occurs in Victoria, south-eastern Australia, as well as in New Zealand.[2][7]
Behaviour
editThe centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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 26 February 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Pereira, Luis A.; Minelli, Alessandro (2007-05-28). "Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the centipede genera Chomatobius, Ityphilus, Hapleurytion, Plateurytion, and Steneurytion (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)". Zootaxa. 1485 (1): 1–12 [8–9]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1485.1.1.
- ^ Pocock, R.I. (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6)8: 215–227 [221-222] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 64 (1): 1–269 [41–42, 46–47] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b "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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