Geophilus insculptus

Geophilus insculptus was once considered a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found across temperate Europe, especially Britain and Ireland.^[1][2][3] The name G. insculptus was deemed to be a junior synonym of G. alpinus,^[4][5] which in turn was deemed to be a junior synonym of G. impressus.^[6][7]

Geophilus insculptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Geophilus
Species:	G. insculptus
Binomial name
Geophilus insculptus (Attems, 1895)

Etymology

The name comes from Latin 'insculptus', meaning 'engraved'.^[8]

Biology

Geophilus insculptus is a long (up to 40 mm (1.6 in)) earth centipede or wire worm and is pale yellow in colour with a darker head. It has between 45 and 53 pairs of legs. In the upper layer of the soil, under stones etc. Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.