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Pitted Soil Centipede (Geophilus mordax)
Photo#240459
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.
Contributed by
Sam Houston
on 17 November, 2008 - 12:16pm
Last updated 13 April, 2015 - 1:04pm
Moved
Moved from
Strigamia bothriopus
.
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Joseph DeSisto Alling
, 13 April, 2015 - 1:04pm
Moved
Moved from
Strigamia bothriopus
.
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Joseph DeSisto Alling
, 4 April, 2014 - 9:35am
Moved
Moved from
Strigamia
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Joseph DeSisto Alling
, 4 April, 2014 - 9:35am
Moved
Moved from
Soil Centipedes
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v belov
, 9 December, 2010 - 8:43am
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
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Rowland Shelley
, 29 November, 2008 - 11:03pm
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!
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Jonas Insinga
, 17 November, 2008 - 6:11pm