Geophilus aztecus

{{Short description|Species of centipede}}

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| genus = Geophilus

| species = aztecus

| authority = Humbert & De Saussure, 1869

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Geophilus aztecus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Mexico{{cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Geophilus aztecus |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1092538#null |website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=22 December 2021}} and Guatemala.{{cite web |title=Geophilus aztecus Humbert & De Saussure, 1869 |url=https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3076 |website=ChiloBase 2.0 |access-date=22 December 2021}} The original description of this species is based on a dark red specimen measuring 44 mm in length with antennae moniliform at the apex.{{cite journal |last1=Humbert |first1=A |last2=Saussure |first2=E |title=Myriapoda nova Americana |journal=Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée |date=1869 |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=149–159 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44243213 |access-date=22 December 2021}} This species can reach 52 mm in length and has 57 or 59 pairs of legs.{{Cite book |last=Pocock |first=Reginald Innes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=js5CAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 |title=Biologia Centrali-americana: Zoology, Botany and Archaeology |year=1910 |editor-last=Godman |editor-first=Frederick Du Cane |volume=14 |pages=36 |chapter=Chilopoda |editor-last2=Salvin |editor-first2=Osbert}}