Geophilus pusillifrater Verhoeff, 1898
Status:
- GB IUCN status: Data Deficient
- GB rarity status: Nationally Rare
ID Difficulty
Identification
Geophilus pusillifrater is a very small pale species (to 13 mm body length) with just 41 to 43 leg pairs.
More information to allow accurate identification is given in the published identification keys by Tony Barber (2008 & 2009).
Distribution and Habitat
Geophilus pusillifrater is known from a handful of coastal sites in Sussex, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, Co. Waterford in Ireland and Channel Isles.
This account is based on the 'Centipede Atlas' (Barber, 2022).
Links
ChiloBase 2.0 - World Catalogue of Centipedes: https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3989
BRC code
16
idBmigTaxa
Cen_146