Orphnaeus atopus

Orphnaeus atopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Oryidae
Genus: Orphnaeus
Species:
O. atopus
Binomial name
Orphnaeus atopus
(Chamberlin, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Azygethus atopus Chamberlin, 1920

Orphnaeus atopus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. The original description of this species is based on two reddish yellow female specimens and reports a length of 51 mm and 71 pairs of legs. Some have deemed O. atopus to be a junior synonym of O. brevilabiatus.

Distribution

The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Levuka, on the island of Ovalau.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [32].
  2. 1 2 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 Crabill, R.E. (1961). "On the true nature of the Azygethidae (Chilopda: Geophilomorpha)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 67 (3): 76-78 [77] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.