Geophilus varians

Geophilus varians
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Geophilus
Species:	G. varians
Binomial name
Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887
Synonyms[1]
G. legiferens (Chamberlin, 1909)

Geophilus varians is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in North America,[2] particularly from South Carolina to Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.[3] It grows up to 40 millimeters, though it averages 30–35, ranges in color from light faded orange to yellow or whitish yellow with a deeper and brighter head,[4] and has 53–59 leg pairs in males and 55–61 in females, as well as a complete lack of consolidated paxilli and sacculi (sensory organs in the antennae of certain insects), concealed prebasal plate, and unusually long ultimate legs.[5]

References

1. "Geophilus legiferens Chamberlin, 1909". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
2. "Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
3. Hoffman, Richard L. (1995). The Centipedes (Chilopoda) of Virginia: A First List (PDF) (Number 5 ed.). Martinsville, Virginia: Banisteria - Virginia Museum of Natural History. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
4. McNeill, Jerome (1887). "Description of twelve new species of Myriapod, chiefly from Indiana". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 10: 328–334. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
5. Crabill, Ralph E. (1954). "A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 56: 172–188. Retrieved 6 November 2021 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.