| Maoriella macrostigma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Maoriella |
| Species: | M. macrostigma |
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| Maoriella macrostigma Attems, 1903 | |
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Maoriella macrostigma is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1903 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.
Description
The original description of this species is based on female specimens ranging from 48 mm to 55 mm in length with 63 or 65 pairs of legs, but this species can have as few as 55 segments, and specimens with 61 segments are common.
Distribution
The species occurs on the North Island.
References
- ^ Attems, C (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 18: 155–302 .
- ^ 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 23 March 2023.
- Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.
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