Global InformationDiamondback soil centipede information
| Diamondback soil centipede | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. vittatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus vittatus Rafinesque, 1820
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Geophilus vittatus, also known as the diamondback soil centipede,[2] is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae widespread in North America[3] and named for the dark band of diamond-shaped markings across its back. G. vittatus grows up to 52 millimeters in length, though it averages 25–40, and ranges from brown- to orange-yellow in color, with 49–53 leg pairs in females, 49–51 leg pairs in males, and a lack of consolidated carpophagus structures. It can be found under any debris on the forest floor, but mostly under loose bark[4] and occasionally near the sea.[5]
- ^ "Geophilus vittatus (Rafinesque,1820)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Species Geophilus vittatus - Diamondback Soil Centipede". BugGuide. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Geophilus vittatus (Rafinesque, 1820)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Crabill, Ralph E. (1954). "A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 56: 172–188. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Barber, A.D (2009). "Littoral myriapods: a review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81 (3): 735–760. Retrieved 10 November 2021.