Haplophilus subterraneus

Haplophilus subterraneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Himantariidae
Genus: Haplophilus
Species:
H. subterraneus
Binomial name
Haplophilus subterraneus
(Shaw, 1794)
Synonyms[1]
  • Scolopendra subterranea Shaw, 1789

Haplophilus subterraneus, commonly known as the western yellow centipede is a species of centipede in the family Himantariidae that can be found in Central Europe, Ireland, Newfoundland, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.[1] It was recorded from a compost heap of the Botanical Garden at the University of Oslo at Teryen, Oslo in 1992 and 1995.[2]

It was for some time known as Stigmatogaster subterranea, but the name was reverted back to Haplophilus subterraneus in 2014.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b A. D. Barber (2013). Barber AD (ed.). "Stigmatogaster subterranea". World database of littoral Myriapoda. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Kjell Magne Olsen (2000). "Haplophilus subterraneus (Shaw, 1789), a centipede (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha) new to Norway". Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 47: 63–64.
  3. ^ Barber, A.D. (2014). "GEOPHILOMORPHA OF EUROPE: SOME SYNONYMIES AND NAME CHANGES" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group. 27: 62.
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