Steneurytion morbosus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidaefamily. This species was first described in 1877 by New Zealand naturalistFrederick Hutton.[1][2] Authorities would later deem Pachymeroides alter, Zelanion paucipes, and Zelanion similis to be junior synonyms.[3] Some authorities do not include this species in the genus Steneurytion.[4]
Description
The original description of this species notes a pale reddish yellow body with a reddish brown head and a length of 1.85 inches.[1] A more detailed description of the type material notes a female specimen with 39 pairs of legs and a maximum length of 43 mm.[5] A more recent description of the species based on a larger sample reports 39 to 41 segments.[3] The original descriptions of three junior synonyms, however, report 33, 37, and 39 pairs of legs.[6]
^ abBonato 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 26 February 2023.
^Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 64 (1): 1–269 [41–42, 46–47] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.