Geophilus erzurumensis

Geophilus erzurumensis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found only in Erzurum, Turkey, which it is named after.^[1] The original description of this species is based on a single male specimen measuring 15 mm in length with 41 pairs of legs.^[2]

Geophilus erzurumensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Geophilus
Species:	G. erzurumensis
Binomial name
Geophilus erzurumensis (Chamberlin, 1952)

Taxonomy

G. erzurumensis was originally placed in the genus Brachygeophilus based on its lack of sternal pores.^[3] It may be a synonym of Pachymerium ferrugineum, along with Geophilus orientis, G. eudontus, and G. elazigus.^[4]