Appearance
Colour brownish with dark-greenish stripes and notably widened mid-body. At 50-55mm, this is a fairly long Soil Centipede with males carrying between 61-77 pairs of legs and females 63-79.
Naming
Originally described from the surroundings of Naples (Italy) by Newport (1845) as Geophilus vesuvianusSome synonyms:
Geophilus canestrinii Fedrizzi,1876
Geophilus convolvens Fabre,1855
Chaetechelyne corsica Verhoeff,1943
Scolopendra fusca Fourcroy,1785
Chaetechelyne grisea Verhoeff,1942
Chaetechelyne sorattina Verhoeff,1951
Chaetechelyne vittata Verhoeff,1943
Chaetechelyne vesuviana helvetica Verhoeff, 1935
References:
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Chilobase: http://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/4223Newport G. (1845) Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, vol.19, pp.265-302 & 349-439.
Matic Z. (1972). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania. Clasa Chilopoda Subclasa Epimorpha - Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania Bucuresti, vol.6, pp.1-220.
