Episode 2064
Geophilus
Wed, 2022-Dec-28 00:42 UTC
Length - 2:21
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The random article for Wednesday, 28 December 2022 is Geophilus.
Geophilus is a large, heterogeneous genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae largely considered to be synonymous with Brachygeophilus. It is a mostly holarctic genus characterized by a claw-shaped ultimate pretarsus, anterior porefields, complete or nearly complete coxo-pleural sutures at the prosternum, and incomplete chitin-lines. The generic name first appeared in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia in 1814 as Geophilus electricus. Although centipedes in this genus can have as many as 89 pairs of legs, most species have a much smaller number of leg pairs. For example, two species in this genus include centipedes with only 29 pairs of legs, the lowest number found in the family Geophilidae: G. persephones (29 pairs in the only specimen, a male) and G. richardi (29 or 31 pairs in males and 33 pairs in females). This genus also includes other species with notably few legs, for example, G. hadesi (33 pairs in both males and females) and G. piae (35 pairs in males and 37 pairs in females). The genus contains the following species:
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:42 UTC on Wednesday, 28 December 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Geophilus on Wikipedia.
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