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Maoriella zelanica

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Maoriella zelanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Maoriella
Species:
M. zelanica
Binomial name
Maoriella zelanica
Synonyms
  • Philogeonus zeylanica Chamberlin, 1920

Maoriella zelanica is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Description

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The original description of this species is based on a specimen measuring 28 mm in length with 47 pairs of legs,[1] but this species can have from 41 to 49 leg pairs.[3]

Distribution

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The species occurs on the North Island. The type locality is Lake Takopema, near Auckland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [48].
  2. ^ a b 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 24 March 2023.
  3. ^ Crabill, R.E. (1964). "A preliminary review of Maoriella with description of a new species from the Chatham Islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Chilenophilidae)". Entomological News. 75 (4): 85-97 [89, 93] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.