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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) » Geophilidae » Geophilus » Pitted Soil Centipede (Geophilus mordax)
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Soil Centipede - Geophilus mordax
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Soil Centipede - Geophilus mordax
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
November 16, 2008
Size: 51mm (2")
Under a rock.
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 17 November, 2008 - 12:16pm
Last updated 13 April, 2015 - 1:04pm

Moved
Moved from Strigamia bothriopus.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 13 April, 2015 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Strigamia bothriopus.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 4 April, 2014 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Strigamia.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 4 April, 2014 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
… v belov, 9 December, 2010 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

This is also a representative
This is also a representative of the order Geophilomorpha, and judging from the reddish color and its "fatness," it appears to me to be a species of the genus Strigamia (family Linotaeniidae). Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 29 November, 2008 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Earth-loving centipede
Order Geophilomorpha
http://bugguide.net/node/view/21/bgpage

Unfortunately, you'll be lucky if you can get an more accurate ID of it (like family or even genus)... >_>
Not sure how much is even on BugGuide about their taxonomy & identification.
Sorry!
… Jonas Insinga, 17 November, 2008 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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