Macronicophilus
Sign in to saveMacronicophilus is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae. This genus contains only four species. These centipedes exhibit traits so unusual that authorities once placed this genus in its own family, Macronicophilidae. In 2014, however, authorities deemed Macronicophilidae to be a junior synonym of Geophilidae, and references now place this genus in the family Geophilidae instead. These centipedes are found in the northern Andes and the Amazon basin in South America.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassChilopoda
- OrderGeophilomorpha
- FamilyMacronicophilidae
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Macronicophilus is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae. This genus contains only four species. These centipedes exhibit traits so unusual that authorities once placed this genus in its own family, Macronicophilidae. In 2014, however, authorities deemed Macronicophilidae to be a junior synonym of Geophilidae, and references now place this genus in the family Geophilidae instead. These centipedes are found in the northern Andes and the Amazon basin in South America.
== Discovery and distribution == This genus was created by the Italian zoologist Filippo Silvestri in 1909 to contain the newly discovered type species M. ortonedae. He based the original description of this species on a sample of specimens including both sexes. These specimens were found in Naranjito, near Guayaquil, in Ecuador.'' In 1912, the French naturalist Henri Ribaut redescribed this species based on three male specimens found near Angelopolis in Colombia. This species has been recorded only at these two localities.