Allothereua lesueurii
Appearance
Allothereua lesueurii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
Family: | Scutigeridae |
Genus: | Allothereua |
Species: | A. lesueurii
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Binomial name | |
Allothereua lesueurii | |
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Allothereua lesueurii is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1840 by French entomologist Hippolyte Lucas.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in Queensland and Western Australia.[3]
Behaviour
[edit]The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lucas, H (1840). Histoire naturelle des Animaux Articules: Crustaces, Arachnides, Myriapodes et hexapodes. Vol. 1. Paris: Imprimerie Nationals. p. 538.
- ^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Allothereua lesueurii (Lucas, 1840)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2023.