Geophilus alzonis
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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. alzonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus alzonis (Attems, 1952)
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Geophilus alzonis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found in Monte Alzo near Tolosa in Spain, which it was named after.[2] It's a poorly defined species[3][4] that was described as being light yellow with a light chestnut brown head and 13–14 mm long, with small but numerous leg bristles, sternites bearing three longitudinal furrows, a carpophagus formation from segments 3–6 to segments 11th-13, and 37-51 leg pairs.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Geophilus alzonis Attems, 1952". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Geophilus alzonis Attems, 1952". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro; Lopresti, Massimo; Pierfilippo Cerretti, Pierfilippo (2014). "Supplementary File 1". ChiloKey, an interactive identification tool for the geophilomorph centipedes of Europe (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha): 1–8. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2009). "Geophilomorph centipedes in the Mediterranean region: revisiting taxonomy opens new evolutionary vistas". Soil Organisms. 81 (3): 489–503. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Attems, C. (1952). "Myriopoden der Forschungsreise Dr. H. Franz in Spanien 1951 nebst Übersicht über die gesamte iberische Myriopodenfauna". Eos. 28: 323–366. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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