Sepedonophilus hodites

Sepedonophilus hodites is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1940 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Sepedonophilus hodites
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Sepedonophilus
Species:
S. hodites
Binomial name
Sepedonophilus hodites

Description

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The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 18 mm in length with 49 pairs of legs.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in most Australian states. It has also been recorded in Hawaii as an adventive species, though is probably not established there.[3][2]

Behaviour

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The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1940). "Diagnosis of ten new chilopods with a new genus of Sogonidae and a key to the species of Lophobius". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 16 (2): 49–56 [55].
  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 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Species Sepedonophilus hodites Chamberlin, 1940". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2023.