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Steneurytion hawaiiensis

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

Steneurytion hawaiiensis is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was described in 1953 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] This species is known from a single male specimen measuring 28 mm in length with 39 pairs of legs.[3]

Distribution

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The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Hawaii.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chamberlin, RV (1953). "Geophiloid chilopods of the Hawaiian and other Oceanic islands of the Pacific". Great Basin Naturalist. 13: 75–85 [82].
  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 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Foddai, Donatella; Minelli, Alessandro (2004). "The Centipede Order Geophilomorpha in the Hawaiian Islands (Chilopoda)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 78: 13–32 [26].