Thereuopodina queenslandica

Thereuopodina queenslandica is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.[1][2]

Thereuopodina queenslandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Thereuopodina
Species:
T. queenslandica
Binomial name
Thereuopodina queenslandica

Subspecies

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  • Thereuopodina queenslandica queenslandica Verhoeff, 1925
  • Thereuopodina queenslandica simplex Verhoeff, 1925

Distribution

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The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland.[3] The type locality of T. q. queenslandica is Cedar Creek (now Ravenshoe); that of T. q. simplex is Malanda; both of which lie on the Atherton Tableland of Far North Queensland.[2]

Behaviour

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The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17A (3): 1–62 [30].
  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 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Species Thereuopodina queenslandica Verhoeff, 1925". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2023.