Geophilus alzonis

Geophilus alzonis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found on the Iberian Peninsula.[2] It's a poorly defined species[3][4] that was first described in Myriopoden der Forschungsreise Dr. H. Franz in Spanien 1951 nebst ubersicht iiber die gesamte iberische Myriopodenfauna[2] along with Geophilus nanus. Like other geophilomorphs, it is eyeless and blind.

Geophilus alzonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. alzonis
Binomial name
Geophilus alzonis
(Attems, 1952)

References

  1. "Geophilus alzonis Attems, 1952". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. "Geophilus alzonis Attems, 1952". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.


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