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]

Steneurytion dux
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Steneurytion
Species:
S. dux
Binomial name
Steneurytion dux
Synonyms
  • Zelanion dux Chamberlin, 1920

Distribution

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The species occurs in New Zealand. Type localities are Plimmerton and Day's Bay, Wellington.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [39].
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.