Geophilus alzonis
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| Geophilus alzonis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. alzonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus alzonis (Attems, 1952) | |
Geophilus alzonis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found in Monte Alzo near Tolosa in Spain, which it was named after.[2] It's a poorly defined species[3][4] that was described as being light yellow with a light chestnut brown head and 13–14 mm long, with small but numerous leg bristles, sternites bearing three longitudinal furrows, a carpophagus formation from segments 3–6 to segments 11th-13, and 37-51 leg pairs.[5]
