Geophilus varians
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| Geophilus varians | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. varians |
| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Geophilus varians is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in North America,[2] particularly from South Carolina to Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.[3] It grows up to 40 millimeters, though it averages 30–35, ranges in color from light faded orange to yellow or whitish yellow with a deeper and brighter head,[4] and has 53–59 leg pairs in males and 55–61 in females, as well as a complete lack of consolidated paxilli and sacculi (sensory organs in the antennae of certain insects), concealed prebasal plate, and unusually long ultimate legs.[5]
