Geophilus duponti is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1897 by Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri.[1][2]
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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: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. duponti
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus duponti | |
Description
editThe original description is based on a female specimen measuring 55 mm in length with 73 pairs of legs.[1][3]
Distribution
editThe species occurs in eastern New South Wales.[4] The type locality is Sydney.[2]
Behaviour
editThe centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Silvestri, F (1897). "Description des espèces nouvelles de myriapodes du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Bruxelles". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 41: 345–362 [345].
- ^ 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 28 February 2023.
- ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 181. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
- ^ a b "Species Geophilus duponti Silvestri, 1897". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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