Geophilus duponti
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| genus = Geophilus
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| authority = Silvestri, 1897{{cite journal |last1=Silvestri|first1=F |last2= |first2= | date=1897 |title= Description des espèces nouvelles de myriapodes du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Bruxelles|url= |journal= Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique|volume=41 |issue= |pages=345–362 [345]|doi= |access-date=}}
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Geophilus duponti is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1897 by Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri.{{cite web |author=Bonato L. |author2=Chagas Junior A. |author3=Edgecombe G.D. |author4=Lewis J.G.E. |author5=Minelli A. |author6=Pereira L.A. |author7=Shelley R.M. |author8=Stoev P. |author9=Zapparoli M. |year=2016 |title=ChiloBase 2.0 |work=A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) |publisher=Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua|access-date=28 February 2023|url= https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3317}}
Description
The original description is based on a female specimen measuring 55 mm in length with 73 pairs of legs.{{Cite book |last=Attems |first=Carl |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111430638/html |title=Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha |date= |publisher=De Gruyter |year=1929 |isbn=978-3-11-143063-8 |pages=181 |language=de |doi=10.1515/9783111430638}}
Distribution
The species occurs in eastern New South Wales.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3f26dccd-7ec6-459f-86df-3b87dd512850 |title= Species Geophilus duponti Silvestri, 1897|author= |date=2010|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 28 February 2023}} The type locality is Sydney.
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.
References
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Category:Centipedes of Australia
Category:Endemic fauna of Australia
Category:Arthropods of New South Wales
Category:Animals described in 1897
Category:Taxa named by Filippo Silvestri
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