Zelanophilus provocator

Zelanophilus provocator is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2] The original description of this species is based on two male specimens with 69 pairs of legs and reports a length of 59 mm,[1] but other specimens indicate that this species can have from 67 to 77 pairs and that females can reach 75 mm in length.[3]

Zelanophilus provocator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Zelanophilidae
Genus: Zelanophilus
Species:
Z. provocator
Binomial name
Zelanophilus provocator
(Pocock, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Australiophilus microtrichus Attems, 1947
  • Zelanophilus wheeleri Chamberlin, 1920

Distribution

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The type locality is Wellington.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (8): 215–227 [225].
  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 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.