Sepedonophilus

Sepedonophilus is a genus of three species of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. This genus is endemic to Australia, and was first described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1909.^[1][2] Centipedes in this genus feature scattered coxal pores and have no sternal pores; the lateral parts of the labrum almost touch medially, and the intermediate part is inconspicuous; the coxosternite of the second maxillae have peculiar anterior projections. These centipedes range from about 2 cm to 5 cm in length and have 49 to 79 pairs of legs.^[3] The smallest species in this genus, Sepedonophilus hodites, measures only 18 mm in length and has only 49 leg pairs,^[4] the minimum number recorded in this genus, whereas the largest species, S. perforatus, measures 50 mm in length and has 79 leg pairs,^[5] the maximum number recorded in this genus.

Sepedonophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Sepedonophilus Attems, 1909[1]
Synonyms
Sepedonophilus Attems, 1909 Zelanion Chamberlin, 1920 Pachymeroides Chamberlin, 1920

Species

Valid species:^[2]

• Sepedonophilus attemsii (Verhoeff, 1925)
• Sepedonophilus hodites Chamberlin, 1940
• Sepedonophilus perforatus (Haase, 1887)