| Endoptelus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Oryidae |
| Genus: | Endoptelus Chamberlin, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939 | |
Endoptelus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. This genus was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. Its sole species is Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939.
Description
This species features unusual processes basal to the most posterior pairs of legs. The original description of this species reports yellow colouration throughout, a length of about 35 mm, and 79 pairs of legs.
Distribution
The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Pionierbivak.
References
- ^ Verhoeff, CW (1939). "On a collection of chilopods from the East Indies". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series. 5: 1–13 .
- 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). "Endoptelus Chamberlin, 1939". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - 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). "Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939". ChiloBase 2.0: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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| Endoptelus | |
| Endoptelus papuicolens | |
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