Zelanophilus kapiti Archey 1922 articles

Zelanophilus kapiti

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Zelanophilus kapiti is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1922 by New Zealand zoologist Gilbert Archey.^[1]^[2] Some authorities, including Archey himself, would later deem Z. kapiti to be a junior synonym of a similar species, Z. provocator.^[3]^[4]

This species is yellow and can reach 38 mm in length with 69 pairs of legs.^[5]

The type locality is Kapiti Island, off the west coast of the lower North Island.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Archey, G (1922). "Notes on New Zealand Chilopoda". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 2: 73–76 [73].
^ ^a ^b Bonato 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 21 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute & Museum. 2 (1): 43-70 [52] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Crabill, R.E. (1963). "A preliminary review of Zelanophilus with description of a new Australian species (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae)". Psyche. 70: 164-169 [165] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 195. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.

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Zelanophilus kapiti is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1922 by New Zealand zoologist Gilbert Archey. Some authorities, including Archey himself, would later deem Z. kapiti to be a junior synonym of a similar species, Z. provocator.