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Geophilus truncorum

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woodland, though there seems to be no strong preference for woodland types. It's also found at coastal sites and moorland, where it is associated with bracken. It has only a slight bias toward inland habitats (51.4% inland vs. 48.6% coastal). Although most records are from ruraI sites, it can be also
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lives in altitudes up to 2000 ft and shows a marked tendency to appear within 3m above ground. Its preferred soil types are sandy/pure sand (about 29.9% of specimens found in sandy soil), clays (28.5%), peat (23.9%), and loam (17.9%); 33.8% are found in calcareous (calcium-carbonate rich) soil,
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is most often found beneath bark, leaf litter, and in dead and decaying wood, particularly in pine
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be found in more populated areas, though rarely inside buildings.
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Bonato, Lucio; Zapparoli, Marzio; Minelli, Alessandro (2008).
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possesses carpophagus fossae and claws on its last legs.
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found across Western Europe, though it reaches as far as
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Provisional atlas of the centipedes of the British Isles
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Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Myriapoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Geophilus
Binomial name
Meinert
Synonyms
Brachygeophilus
species
soil centipede
family
Geophilidae
Poland
Italy
Morocco
Geophilus
G. flavus
Pinus
Quercus
type species
Brachygeophilus
sternal
Schendyla nemorensis
"On the synonymy of some British centipedes"

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