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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) » Geophilidae » Geophilus » Diamondback Soil Centipede (Geophilus vittatus)
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Centipede - Geophilus vittatus
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Centipede - Geophilus vittatus
Edward L. Ryerson Nature Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
October 7, 2006
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 28 June, 2007 - 9:09pm
Last updated 1 April, 2014 - 12:53pm

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
… Tom Bentley, 1 April, 2014 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Geophilus vittatus
Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be a guide page for this one. G. vittatus is one of the commonest and largest geophilomorphs in the eastern U.S. Based on:

- dorsal diamond-shaped markings
- no tapering of the body width toward the head
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 1 April, 2014 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for ID. I made a page
Thanks for ID. I made a page for it.
… Tom Bentley, 1 April, 2014 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Centipedes.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 January, 2009 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

G
Looks like Geophilomorpha, meybe Linotaeniidae
… Mauer, 14 October, 2008 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

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