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*”[[Acanthogeophilus spiniger]]” <small>(Meinert, 1870)</small> |
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The genus name comes from [[Ancient Greek]] [[wikt:ἄκανθα|ἄκανθα]] (”ákantha”), meaning |
The genus name comes from [[Ancient Greek]] [[wikt:ἄκανθα|ἄκανθα]] (”ákantha”), meaning spine, thorn, [[wikt:γεω-|γεω-]] (”geo-”), meaning earth, and [[wikt:φίλος|φίλος]] (”phílos”), meaning lover. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 16:58, 9 December 2025
Genus of centipedes
Acanthogeophilus is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae, found in the centro-west part of the Mediterranean region. The species in this genus are slender, 2-3 centimeters long, with 67 to 71 pairs of stout legs, peculiar spine-like processes on the ultimate legs,[2] a claw-like pretarsus, complete coxo–pleural sutures, incomplete chitin-lines, absence of a carpophagous pit, possession of only basal denticles, and a transverse band porefield with scattered, anterior pores on the coxopleuron.[3]
The genus contains the following species:
The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning ‘spine’, ‘thorn’, γεω- (geo-), meaning ‘earth’, and φίλος (phílos), meaning ‘lover’.
