''Geophilus nanus'' is a
species of
soil centipede
Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an a ...
in the
family Geophilidae
The Geophilidae are a polyphyletic, cosmopolitan family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Geophiloidea containing the mostly defunct clades Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, Chilenophilinae, and Macronicophilidae. Species in ...
found on the
Iberian Peninsula.
It's a poorly defined species described as being pale yellow, 15 mm long, with smooth
sternites bearing no furrows, final hip with few pores next to the sternite rim,
tergites deeply double-furrowed from the basal shield onward, and 41 leg pairs. It’s apparently related to
G. gracilis, differentiated by jaws that do not surpass the forehead or bear chitin lines, and by the 2nd
tarsal segment of the final leg pair being just a tiny stub.
References
nanus
Animals described in 1951
Myriapods of Europe
Taxa named by Carl Attems
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