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Checklist for Order Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895 (Earth Centipede)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
7
14
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
5
10
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Epimorpha
Haase, 1880
3
7
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Geophilomorpha
Pocock, 1895
Earth Centipede, Earth Centipedes, Soil Centipede
2
2
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
2 Families width 5 Species
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
2 Genera with 5 Species
Mecistocephalus Newport, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Orphnaeus Meinert, 18451SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
5 Species
Mecistocephalus (Mecistocephalus) punctifrons Newport, 1843
Mecistocephalus celebensis Chamberlin, 1920
Mecistocephalus heteropus Humbert, 1865
Mecistocephalus subinsularis Silvestri, 1919
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845Centipede

Subnodes of Geophilomorpha with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SuborderAdesmata
Verhoeff, 1908
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPlacodesmata
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Geophilomorpha at artfakta.se
Geophilomorpha at dyntaxa.se
Geophilomorpha at gbif.org
Geophilomorpha at irmng.org
Geophilomorpha at itis.gov
Geophilomorpha at marinespecies.org