Orphnaeus is a genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. This genus was described by Danish entomologist Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert in 1870.[1][2] Centipedes in this genus are found in tropical regions.[3]

Orphnaeus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Oryidae
Genus: Orphnaeus
Meinert, 1870[1]
Type species
Orphnaeus lividus
Meinert,1870
Synonyms
  • Andenophilus Verhoeff, 1941
  • Azygethus Chamberlin, 1920

Description

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Centipedes in this genus have short ultimate legs, range from 3 cm to 13 cm in length, and have 53 to 131 pairs of legs.[3] The minimum number of legs in this genus (53 pairs) appears in the species Orphnaeus bevilabiatus; the maximum number (131 pairs) appears in the species O. madegassus.[4]

Species

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There are 14 valid species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Meinert, F (1870). "Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 3. 7: 1–128 [17].
  2. ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
  4. ^ Lawrence, R.F. (1960). "Myriapodes Chilopodes". Faune de Madagascar (in French). 12: 1-123 [28, 33] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.