Endoptelus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Oryidae |
Genus: |
Endoptelus Chamberlin, 1904 [1] |
Type species | |
Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939
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Endoptelus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. This genus was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. Its sole species is Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939. [1] [2]
This species features unusual processes basal to the most posterior pairs of legs. [3] The original description of this species reports yellow colouration throughout, a length of about 35 mm, and 79 pairs of legs. [1]
The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Pionierbivak. [4]
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Endoptelus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Oryidae |
Genus: |
Endoptelus Chamberlin, 1904 [1] |
Type species | |
Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939
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Endoptelus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. This genus was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. Its sole species is Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939. [1] [2]
This species features unusual processes basal to the most posterior pairs of legs. [3] The original description of this species reports yellow colouration throughout, a length of about 35 mm, and 79 pairs of legs. [1]
The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Pionierbivak. [4]
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