Cormocephalus pustulatus

Cormocephalus pustulatus is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was first described in 1903 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin.[1][2]

Cormocephalus pustulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Cormocephalus
Species:
C. pustulatus
Binomial name
Cormocephalus pustulatus

Distribution

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The species occurs on the main island of Grande Terre.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kraepelin, K (1903). "Revision der Scolopendriden". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. (2) 20: 1–276 [189].
  2. ^ a b 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 27 March 2023.