Geophilus intermissus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in India[1] around the Himalayas.[2] The original description of this species is based on a female specimen measuring 35 mm in length, with 57 pairs of legs, a yellowish red anterior, and especially thin tarsi on the last leg pair.[3]

Geophilus intermissus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. intermissus
Binomial name
Geophilus intermissus
Silvestri, 1935

References

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  1. ^ "Geophilus intermissus Silvestri, 1935". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Klarner, Bernhard; Widyastuti, Rahaju; Scheu, Stefan (2016). "The first geophilid centipedes from Malesia: a new genus with two new species from Sumatra (Chilopoda, Geophilidae)". ZooKeys (605): 53–71. doi:10.3897/zookeys.605.9338. PMC 4978070. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. ^ Silvestri, F. (1935). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Niederländischen Expedition in den Karakorum und die angrenzenden Gebiete 1922-1925 und 1929/30 (Visser C., Visser-Hooft J. ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. pp. 194–204. Retrieved 27 June 2022.