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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) » Geophilidae » Geophilus » Boreal Yellow-headed Soil Centipede (Geophilus flavus)
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Soil Centipede - Geophilus flavus
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Soil Centipede - Geophilus flavus
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 15, 2011
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Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2011 - 10:07pm
Last updated 25 May, 2014 - 10:46am

Moved
Moved from Geophilus.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 25 May, 2014 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
Thanks Joseph. Is this an immature centipede that hasn't gotten its color or pattern yet?
… tom murray, 3 April, 2014 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
G. flavus
99% sure. I've started looking at a lot of these from Maine and they all match this appearance and the number of 55 pairs of legs, with the darker head and very pale body. A European introduction.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 25 May, 2014 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

correction: Geophilus sp.
Now that I look at the shape of the antennae this is NOT Schendyla (glad I left some uncertainty there!).

It belongs to the genus Geophilus, to get a more specific ID I would need to have the specimen under a scope.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 April, 2014 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

Schendyla ? Maybe ...
The ones that look like this are almost always Schendyla nemorensis, a very common but tiny centipede in our area, as a result it doesn't get photographed too often. Unfortunately for a positive ID I need to know whether it has a tarsal claw on the last pair of legs, which requires a close-up shot of this area.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 April, 2014 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

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