Geophilus varians

Geophilus varians is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in North America,^[2] particularly from South Carolina to Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.^[3] It grows up to 40 millimeters, though it averages 30–35, ranges in color from light faded orange to yellow or whitish yellow with a deeper and brighter head,^[4] and has 53–59 leg pairs in males and 55–61 in females, as well as a complete lack of consolidated paxilli and sacculi (sensory organs in the antennae of certain insects), concealed prebasal plate, and unusually long ultimate legs.^[5]

Geophilus varians
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Geophilus
Species:	G. varians
Binomial name
Geophilus varians McNeill, 1887
Synonyms[1]
G. legiferens (Chamberlin, 1909)