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{{Short description|Species of centipede}}
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| taxon = Geophilus mordax
{{Taxobox
| authority = [[Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert|Meinert]], 1886
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| name = ''Geophilus mordax''
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| synonyms = *''G. louisianae'' <small>[[Brolemann]], 1896</small>
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
*''G. atopleurus'' <small>[[Ralph Vary Chamberlin|Chamberlin]], 1909</small>
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
*''G. salemensis'' <small>[[Charles Harvey Bollman|Bollman]], 1887</small>
| subphylum = [[Myriapoda]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Geophilus mordax Meinert, 1886 |url=https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3761 |website=ChiloBase 2.0 |access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
| classis = [[Centipede|Chilopoda]]
| ordo = [[Geophilomorpha]]
| subordo = [[Adesmata]]
| superfamilia = [[Geophiloidea]]
| familia = [[Geophilidae]]
| genus = ''[[Geophilus]]''
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| species = '''''G. mordax''''' <small>Meinert, 1886</small>
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'''''Geophilus mordax''''' is a species of centipede in the family [[Geophilidae]] found in North America<ref>{{cite web |title=Geophilus mordax Meinert, 1886 |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1092591#null |website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>, especially Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, and Florida. It grows up to 50 millimeters in length, though it averages 25-40 millimeters, has 49-53 leg pairs in females and 49-57 in males, and is bright red in color. ''G. mordax'' also bears 3-5 labral teeth, a short and robust apical claw of the second maxillae, an exposed prebasal plate, and a large, consolidated sacculi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Crabill |first1=Ralph E. |title=A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae) |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |date=1954 |volume=56 |pages=172-188 |doi= |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16179236 |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
'''''Geophilus mordax''''', also called the '''pitted soil centipede''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Geophilus mordax - Pitted Soil Centipede |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1055523/bgpage |website=BugGuide |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> is a [[species]] of [[Geophilomorpha|soil centipede]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Geophilidae]] found in [[North America]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Geophilus mordax Meinert, 1886 |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1092591#null |website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> especially Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, and Florida. It grows up to 50 millimeters in length, though it averages 25–40, has 49–53 leg pairs in males and 49–57 in females, and is bright red in color. ''G. mordax'' also bears 3–5 [[labrum (arthropod mouthpart)|labral]] teeth, a short and robust apical claw of the second maxillae, an exposed prebasal plate, and a large, consolidated sacculi.<ref name="Crabill">{{cite journal |last1=Crabill |first1=Ralph E. |date=1954 |title=A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae) |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16179236 |journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |volume=56 |pages=172–188 |doi= |access-date=5 November 2021 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>


==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
''G. mordax'' is often confused with ''[[Geophilus ampyx|G. ampyx]]'', though it can be differentiated by the presence of a sacculus or pit on each sternite. It's polymorphic and may be comprised of two seperate species, one with lateral coxopleural pores on the ultimate legs (''[[Geophilus virginiensis|G. virginiensis]]'') and the other without (''G. louisianae'').<ref>{{cite journal |last1=DeSisto |first1=Joseph |title=A First Survey of the Centipedes of Great Smoky Mountains National Park |journal=Holster Scholar Projects |date=2014 |volume=16 |page=5 |url=https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=srhonors_holster |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>
''G. mordax'' is often confused with ''[[Geophilus ampyx|G. ampyx]]'', though it can be differentiated by the presence of a sacculus or pit on each sternite. It is polymorphic and may comprise two separate subspecies, one with lateral [[arthropod leg#Coxa|coxo]]-[[pleuron (insect anatomy)|pleural]] pores on the ultimate legs (''[[Geophilus virginiensis|G. virginiensis]]'') and the other without (''G. louisianae''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=DeSisto |first1=Joseph |title=A First Survey of the Centipedes of Great Smoky Mountains National Park |journal=Holster Scholar Projects |date=2014 |volume=16 |page=5 |url=https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=srhonors_holster |access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref> or ''G. atopleurus''). The latter form sometimes bears a "chitinous thickening" on the postero-ventral surface of the coxopleuron, possibly from closed or vestigial pores.<ref name=Crabill/>


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Geophilomorpha]]
[[Category:Geophilus|mordax]]
[[Category:Centipedes]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1886]]
[[Category:Arthropods of North America]]


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Geophilus mordax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. mordax
Binomial name
Geophilus mordax
Meinert, 1886
Synonyms[1]

Geophilus mordax, also called the pitted soil centipede,[2] is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in North America,[3] especially Indiana, Arkansas, Louisiana, North and South Carolina, and Florida. It grows up to 50 millimeters in length, though it averages 25–40, has 49–53 leg pairs in males and 49–57 in females, and is bright red in color. G. mordax also bears 3–5 labral teeth, a short and robust apical claw of the second maxillae, an exposed prebasal plate, and a large, consolidated sacculi.[4]

Taxonomy

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G. mordax is often confused with G. ampyx, though it can be differentiated by the presence of a sacculus or pit on each sternite. It is polymorphic and may comprise two separate subspecies, one with lateral coxo-pleural pores on the ultimate legs (G. virginiensis) and the other without (G. louisianae[5] or G. atopleurus). The latter form sometimes bears a "chitinous thickening" on the postero-ventral surface of the coxopleuron, possibly from closed or vestigial pores.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Geophilus mordax Meinert, 1886". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Species Geophilus mordax - Pitted Soil Centipede". BugGuide. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Geophilus mordax Meinert, 1886". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b Crabill, Ralph E. (1954). "A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 56: 172–188. Retrieved 5 November 2021 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ DeSisto, Joseph (2014). "A First Survey of the Centipedes of Great Smoky Mountains National Park". Holster Scholar Projects. 16: 5. Retrieved 5 November 2021.


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