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Tasmanophilus opinatus

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Tasmanophilus opinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Zelanophilidae
Genus: Tasmanophilus
Species:
T. opinatus
Binomial name
Tasmanophilus opinatus
(Newport, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Arthronomalus opinatus Newport, 1845
  • Tasmaniophilus nichollsii Verhoeff, 1937
  • Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920

Tasmanophilus opinatus is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport.[1][2]

Description

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The original description of this species is based on two damaged syntypes missing their posterior ends.[3] A description of another specimen reports a deep orange-yellow color, a length of 54 mm, and 69 pairs of legs.[4]

Distribution

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The species occurs in south-eastern Australia, in Victoria and Tasmania.[5]

Behaviour

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The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [433].
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Crabill, R.E. (1962). "Concerning Chilopod Types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I (Chilopoda : Geophilomorpha : Scolopendromorpha)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (56): 505-510 [509].
  4. ^ Pocock, R.I. (1901). "The Chilopoda or Centipedes of the Australian Continent". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (7) 8: 451-463 [461] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ a b "Species Tasmanophilus opinatus (Newport, 1845)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2023.