| Zelanophilus provocator | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Zelanophilidae |
| Genus: | Zelanophilus |
| Species: | Z. provocator |
| Binomial name | |
| Zelanophilus provocator | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
Distribution
The type locality is Wellington.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 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].
- 1 2 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute & Museum. 2 (1): 43-70 [51] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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