Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Small centipede
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| FRV |
Posted on 31-01-2021 12:38
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
Hi, I have photographed this small centipede in a forest near Paris. I'm unable to estimate the whole length but the level of magnification of the picture is about 2.0x. Found under a rotten log. I hesitate between two genus : Geophilus and Cryptops. They do not belong to the same orders though but I cannot make the difference between them. Any opinion? Thanks for any help, FRV FRV attached the following image:  [180.1Kb] |
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| FRV |
Posted on 31-01-2021 12:39
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
another view
FRV attached the following image:  [192.41Kb] |
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| Jan Maca |
Posted on 31-01-2021 13:01
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Member Location: Posts: 1296 Joined: 25.03.10 |
Cryptops (Scolopendromorpha) has at most 23 pairs of legs, while Geophiomorpha have more than 30 pairs. It can be estimated that ithis is a member of Geophilomorpha. |
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| FRV |
Posted on 31-01-2021 13:16
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
Thank you Jan! |
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