Geophilus brevicornis


Geophilus brevicornis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found on the continental United States, ranging from New Orleans to Galveston and south Illinois. It's deep orange and grows up to 50 millimeters long, with a robust, almost cylindrical body, 55 or 57 leg pairs, a relatively small cephalic segment, generally smooth scuta dorsal with distinct scuto-spiscutal sutures, and mandibles each with a single rather large tooth.

Related species

Geophila brevicornis is a junior homonym of G. brevicornis C.L. Koch, 1837. G. brevicornis was at first thought to be a male of G. laevis, but upon closer examination they differed in the size of the cephalic segment and length of antennae, as well as the punctations of the head, number of segments, and robustness of body.