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).

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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).

BRC code

16

idBmigTaxa

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