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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 © 2005 tom murray

Centipede - Geophilus vittatus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
October 29, 2005
Size: ~8cm
Found under bark on a dead tree. Would this be a soil centipede?
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 October, 2005 - 6:18pm
Last updated 1 April, 2014 - 12:55pm

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
… Tom Bentley, 1 April, 2014 - 12:55pm 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. It is also one of the only geophilomorphs that can be identified with just a top-down picture -- with most you need to look at details like the mouthparts, tarsal claws, ventral pore fields, etc. My ID is based on:

- dorsal diamond-shaped markings
- no tapering of the body width toward the head
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 1 April, 2014 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Order Geophilomorpha; I don't
Order Geophilomorpha; I don't know genus, species, or family
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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