Diphyonyx conjungens

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Diphyonyx conjungens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Diphyonyx
Species:
D. conjungens
Binomial name
Diphyonyx conjungens
(Verhoeff, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Geophilus conjungens (Verhoeff, 1898)

Diphyonyx conjungens, formerly Geophilus conjungens, is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] that has been recorded in the Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia, the southern Sporades islands, the most eastern parts of Turkish Armenia, the Pontic and Tauric mountains, and Crimea. It grows up to 60 millimeters long and bears 69–81 leg pairs in females, 67–79 in males, as well as 1–2 stout tubercles and 2–4 slender filaments on the mid-part of the labrum, an absence of condyles between the anterior trunk sterna, and a single, isolated pore on each coxo-pleuron.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ITIS - Report: Diphyonyx conjungens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Zapparoli, Marzio; Minelli, Alessandro (2008). "Morphology, taxonomy and distribution of Diphyonyx gen. n., a lineage of geophilid centipedes with unusually shaped claws (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 105 (2): 343–354. doi:10.14411/eje.2008.041. hdl:11577/2452453.