Otostigmus loriae is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was described in 1894 by Italian myriapodologist Filippo Silvestri.[1][2]

Otostigmus loriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Otostigmus
Species:
O. loriae
Binomial name
Otostigmus loriae
Synonyms
  • Otostigmus bakeri Chamberlin, 1921

Distribution

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The species occurs in South-East Asia and New Guinea. The type locality is Moroka, Papua New Guinea.[2]

Subspecies

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  • Otostigmus loriae nordicus Schileyko, 1995
  • Otostigmus loriae loriae Silvestri, 1894

References

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  1. ^ a b Silvestri, F (1895). "Chilopodi e diplopodi della Papuasia". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 34: 619–658 [627].
  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 26 April 2023.