Species Geophilus longicornis Leach, 1815

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Species Geophilus longicornis Leach, 1815

Geophilus longicornis Leach, W.E. 1815. A tabular view of the external characters of four classes of animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta; with the distribution of the genera composing three of these classes into orders &c. and descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11: 306-400 [386 pl. 140 figs 3-6].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

North Africa, Europe.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial, under bark.

General References

Attems, C.G. 1929. Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha. Das Tierreich, Lief. 52. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. 388 pp. [173] (as Geophilus longicornis; distribution)

Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart : R. Mesibov 64 pp. [48 figs 72-75] (as Necrophloephagus longicornis; distribution)

Newport, G. 1843. On some new genera of the class Myriapoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 177-181 [180] (as Necrophloephagus longicornis)

Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [430] (as Arthronomalus longicornis)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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