Geophilomorph centipedes in the Mediterranean region: revisiting taxonomy opens new evolutionary vistas

Abstract: Geophilomorph centipedes (Geophilomorpha) are represented in the Mediterranean region by almost 200 species, 77 % of which are exclusive. Taxonomy and nomenclature are still inadequate, but recent investigations are contributing to a better understanding of the evolutionary differentiation of this group in the region. Since 2000, identity has been clarified for ca. 40 nominal taxa, and unexpected evidence has emerged for the existence of three well-distinct lineages that had remained unrecognised before. Of these, Eurygeophilus has evolved an unusually stout body and needle-like forcipules, and the vicariant pattern of its two species is peculiar in encompassing both the Pyrenees and the Corsica-Sardinia microplate; Diphyonyx has evolved unusually pincer-like leg claws, convergent to those originated independently in two different unrelated geophilomorph lineages; Stenotaenia has maintained a very uniform gross morphology, while differentiating widely in body size and number of tru.... https://www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/204

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

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• Bibliographic citation: Geophilomorph centipedes in the Mediterranean region: revisiting taxonomy opens new evolutionary vistas ; volume:81 ; number:3 ; year:2009 ; Soil organisms ; 81, Heft 3 (2009)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bonato, Lucio ; Minelli, Alessandro

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• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023080204321699359788
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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