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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?

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

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

Order Geophilomorpha; I don't

Order Geophilomorpha; I don't know genus, species, or family

… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 9:52pm

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