Status:
- GB IUCN status: Least Concern
- GB rarity status: Nationally Scarce
ID Difficulty
Identification
Ten species of Geophilus are known from Britain and Ireland.
Geophilus osquidatum is another distinctly yellowish centipede (to 30 mm) with a darker reddish head, which is differentiated from G. flavus and G. seurati on subtle (microscopic) characters (coxal pores, carpophagus fossae and poison claw). However, with 53 to 63 leg pairs some specimens can be identified on basis of leg count (maximum of 57 pairs in latter two species).
More information to allow accurate identification is given in the published identification keys by Tony Barber (2008 & 2009).
