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Endoptelus

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Endoptelus
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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

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]

Description

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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]

Distribution

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The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Pionierbivak.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Verhoeff, CW (1939). "On a collection of chilopods from the East Indies". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 5: 1–13 [7].
  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). "Endoptelus Chamberlin, 1939". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ 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). "Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 21 April 2023.